{"cve":"CVE-2018-20002","nvd":{"published":"2018-12-10T02:29:00.390","modified":"2026-06-17T01:52:08.843","status":"Modified","description":"The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-772"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/","https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952","https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9"],"products":["f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller","gnu:binutils","netapp:vasa_provider"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:54:36.112582389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-20002","score":0.01819,"percentile":0.78735,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}