CVE-2018-20002
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
How to fix CVE-2018-20002
To remediate CVE-2018-20002, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.32-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-20002 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.32-r0
- from 0, < 2.32.51.20190707-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |