CVE-2018-7208

In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.

• CWE-20

• 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/103077Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• 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/103077Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 18, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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