5.5

CVE-2018-10372: gnu binutils Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10372DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10372
Published 25-04-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10372 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.30%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6
MGASA-2019-0169OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1RHSA-2018:3032SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

process_cu_tu_index in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 2.34% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.30.90.20180627-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3

4 vendors · 6 products

References

11 links
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