CVE-2018-7569

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p80

Published

Feb 28, 2018 (Feb 28, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

Vendors: gnu redhat
Products: binutils, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Weakness: CWE-190, CWE-191
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.0%)

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