CVE-2018-8945

The bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.

• CWE-20

• 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=22809Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
• 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=22809Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Published

Mar 22, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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