CVE-2018-7570: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-7570 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8Timeline
- 28-02-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.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 an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.48% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Alpine1 product
- binutils< 2.30-r2 | < 2.30-r6
Debian1 product
- binutils< 2.30-6
Gnu1 product
- binutils2.30
Ubuntu1 product
- binutils< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1 | < 2.34-6ubuntu1 | < 2.38-2ubuntu1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22881X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
