5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-18605
BFD Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read Denial of Service
Description

A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 23, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:55 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-18605 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-18605 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Gnu binutils
1 Netapp data_ontap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-18605 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-18605 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=ab419ddbb2cdd17ca83618990f2cacf904ce1d61 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ab419ddbb2cdd17ca83618990f2cacf904ce1d61
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/tracker/CVE-2018-18605 [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-119 CWE-125
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23804 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23804 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ab419ddbb2cdd17ca83618990f2cacf904ce1d61 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ab419ddbb2cdd17ca83618990f2cacf904ce1d61 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/tracker/CVE-2018-18605 [Third Party Advisory]
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-18605 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-18605 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.56 }} 0.09%

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0.77919

percentile

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