Integer Overflow in GNU Binutils 2.30: Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6543 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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