Description

The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100624

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22047

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e4f2723003859dc6b33ca0dadbc4a7659ebf1643

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3