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CVE-2018-10373

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10373 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the GNU Binutils BFD library (libbfd), specifically the concat_filename function in dwarf2.c. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash applications like nm-new by providing a specially crafted binary file. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity and no privileges, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils-0:2.27-34.base.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10373Low

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file

Apr 14, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4336-1
securityfocus.com / bid/104000
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry