CVE-2018-20651 | BDVDB-2026-111164 Detail
Description#
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. This occurs for a crafted ET_DYN with no program headers. A specially crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106440
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24041
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=54025d5812ff100f5f0654eb7e1ffd50f2e37f5f
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.