CVE-2018-6872

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

• CWE-125

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22788Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22788Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6

Published

Feb 9, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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