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high 7.8

CVE-2018-1000876 json

binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer Overflow vulnerability in objdump, bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_…

published 2018-12-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2053

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer Overflow vulnerability in objdump, bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc that can result in Integer overflow trigger heap overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Local. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 3a551c7a1b80fca579461774860574eabfd7f18f.

Patch / fix

  • gnu binutils 2.32
  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.32.51.20190707-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000876

  • binutils Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000876

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  • binutils RHEL 7 2.27-41.base.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2075

  • binutils SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Development Tools 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 2.32-6.8.1
  • binutils SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP1, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 2.32-7.5.1
  • binutils SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +18 more 2.32-9.33.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 2.32-9.33.1
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 2.32-9.33.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2780-1SUSE-SU-2019:2779-1SUSE-SU-2019:2650-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.37-1.3
  • binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-rx-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-arm-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-avr-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-spu-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
  • cross-hppa-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.32-lp151.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000876 updated cvss 4.0

binutils: integer overflow leads to heap-based buffer overflow in objdump

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 binutils, mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, mingw-binutils-generic
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached 1.4.15-28, ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached 1.4.15-28, ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7 1.4.15-28
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:0547
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) binutils 2.27-41.base.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel 2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-debuginfo 2.27-41.base.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) binutils 2.27-41.base.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel 2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-debuginfo 2.27-41.base.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) binutils 2.27-41.base.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) binutils 2.27-41.base.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2075

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Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23994 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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