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Vulnerability details: VCID-ek28-ez43-aaaj
Vulnerability ID VCID-ek28-ez43-aaaj
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
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-7208.html
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7208.json
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546622
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-7208.html
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
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
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

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

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none

partial

complete
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

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.47327
EPSS Score 0.00268
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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