5.5

CVE-2018-7642: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-7642UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7642DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7642
Published 02-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-7642 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.88%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Duplicates 1 · Related 9
MGASA-2019-0169OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1RHSA-2018:3032SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.88% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.88%

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
Alpine1 product
  • binutils< 2.30-r2 | < 2.30-r6
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.30-6
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

5 vendors · 7 products

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