Description
The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.
Published: 2018-02-28
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19295 The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:31:04.453Z

Reserved: 2018-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-7570

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-28T21:29:00.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:12:23.500

Link: CVE-2018-7570

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7570 - Bugzilla

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