CVE-2018-6872
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
Description
The elf_parse_notes 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 (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.
How to fix CVE-2018-6872
To remediate CVE-2018-6872, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.30-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.30-4 or later
Is CVE-2018-6872 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.30-r2
- from 0, < 2.30-4
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 |