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Vulnerability details: VCID-5smt-gauc-4udm
Vulnerability ID VCID-5smt-gauc-4udm
Aliases CVE-2018-7570
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7570.json
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00461 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
epss 0.00472 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
cvssv3 2.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7570
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7570
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7570.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7570
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7570
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=22881
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d
1551785 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551785
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-7570 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7570
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7570.json
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

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physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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)

network

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7570
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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adjacent_network

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7570
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

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low

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.63189
EPSS Score 0.00461
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:39:04.129485+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.7/main.json 37.0.0