CVE-2018-8945

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p79

Published

Mar 22, 2018 (Mar 22, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.

Vendors: gnu redhat
Products: binutils, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Weakness: CWE-20
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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