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CVE-2018-7642
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-02T15:29:00.447 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:03:27.953

Summary

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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