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MEDIUM
CVE-2018-7570
GNU Binutils BFD ELF NULL Pointer Dereferences
Description

The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.

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Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:01 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-7570 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-2018-7570 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 Gnu binutils
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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-2018-7570.

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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22881 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d

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).

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andir/nixos-issue-db-example

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Updated: 4 years, 8 months ago
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Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-7570 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7570 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=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d
  • 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]

    Mar. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
  • 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]
  • 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=22881 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22881 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=01f7e10cf2dcf403462b2feed06c43135651556d Patch
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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.

0.50 }} 0.15%

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0.76618

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