Medium
Security advisory
load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20671
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 04:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.
osv:CVE-2018-20671
Complete source record
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