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Vulnerability details: VCID-2e2j-2rzq-4yb3
Vulnerability ID VCID-2e2j-2rzq-4yb3
Aliases CVE-2018-7208
Summary In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7208.json
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
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epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7208.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7208
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7208
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077
1546622 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546622
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-7208 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7208.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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functional

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

high

low

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low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40638
EPSS Score 0.00186
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:45.112437+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/ 37.0.0