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CVE-2018-6543

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6543 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the load_specific_debug_section() function within objdump.c of GNU Binutils 2.30. This flaw can be triggered by a specially crafted ELF file, leading to a malloc() call with a zero size. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk of denial of service (application crash) and potentially other unspecified impacts, requiring user interaction to exploit. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6543Moderate

binutils: integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function in objdump.c

Feb 1, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-17
Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102985
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry