CVE-2018-7642

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

• CWE-476

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
• 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=22887Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
• 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=22887Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25

Published

Mar 2, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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