CVE-2018-6543
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
How to fix CVE-2018-6543
To remediate CVE-2018-6543, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.30-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.30-3 or later
Is CVE-2018-6543 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.30-r2
- from 0, < 2.30-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |