CVE-2018-18309 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils versions up to 2.31, specifically within the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. It stems from an invalid memory address dereference in the read_reloc function due to missing bounds checking, causing applications like objdump to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to trigger, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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