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CVE-2018-17360

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17360 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd), part of GNU Binutils 2.31, which can be triggered by a crafted PE file and affects tools like objdump. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17360Low

binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c

Sep 19, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4336-1