CVE-2018-7643
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
The display_debug_ranges function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump.
How to fix CVE-2018-7643
To remediate CVE-2018-7643, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.30-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.30-6 or later
Is CVE-2018-7643 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, 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 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |