CVE-2018-20002

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.8%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-772
Published: 2018-12-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller
gnu:binutils
netapp:vasa_provider

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

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