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Vulnerability details: VCID-xdd8-8u5g-cqa9
Vulnerability ID VCID-xdd8-8u5g-cqa9
Aliases CVE-2018-7569
Summary dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7569.json
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
epss 0.00273 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
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-2018-7569
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7569
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-2018-7569.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7569
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7569
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=22895
1551778 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551778
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-2018-7569 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7569
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
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-2018-7569.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

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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)

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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-2018-7569
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

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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-2018-7569
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 0.34172
EPSS Score 0.00136
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:45.144069+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/ 37.0.0