CVE-2018-7570
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-7570
To remediate CVE-2018-7570, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.30-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.30-6 or later
Is CVE-2018-7570 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.30-r2
- from 0, < 2.30-6
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 |