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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20671

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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CVE-2018-20671

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jan 2019, 16:29 UTC

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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