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binutils — security advisory
dwarf2.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 underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.
- Products
- binutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.30-r2, 2.30-r6
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-7569
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
dwarf2.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 underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-7569
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.30-r2
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.30-r6
Complete source record
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