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MEDIUM
CVE-2018-7568
IBM BFD Integer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The parse_die function in dwarf1.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 overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 31, 2019, 1:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-7568 has a 1 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-2018-7568 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Gnu binutils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-7568.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-7568 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7568 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. 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]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    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=22894 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.40 }} 0.06%

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0.72736

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