CVE-2018-17358

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
67.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 23, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (10)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-17358?
CVE-2018-17358 is a medium vulnerability published on September 23, 2018. An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfdstabsectionfindnearestline in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…
When was CVE-2018-17358 disclosed?
CVE-2018-17358 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 23, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-17358 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-17358 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 67.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-17358?
CVE-2018-17358 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-17358?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-17358, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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