binutils — security advisory

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  "id": "6088b304a41eea8ef29e6910cccbe50a942da8345887eb2aaec0c9cfd20cdc11",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642",
    "summary": "The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "binutils",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.30-r2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "binutils",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.30-r6",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642",
      "aliases": [
        "ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.30-r2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "binutils",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.7"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.30-r6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "binutils",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.8"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7642.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:24:50.862471385Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-7642"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-7642"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-7642",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 416167,
  "published_at": "2018-03-02T15:29:00.447+00:00"
}