6.5

CVE-2018-10373: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10373DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10373
Published 25-04-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10373 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.28%
0%100%
Low · -0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

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

concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.06 pp

From 3.34% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

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

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