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Vulnerability details: VCID-wqrn-7agj-xqdz
Vulnerability ID VCID-wqrn-7agj-xqdz
Aliases CVE-2018-8945
Summary The bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-8945.json
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.0017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8945
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8945
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-2018-8945.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-8945
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8945
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=22809
1560827 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560827
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-2018-8945 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8945
USN-4336-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
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-2018-8945.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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none

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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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

low

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unchanged

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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-2018-8945
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

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none

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-2018-8945
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 0.38686
EPSS Score 0.0017
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:51.634597+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.8/main.json 37.0.0