{"id":"CVE-2018-20002","details":"The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.","modified":"2026-05-15T12:03:39.586745113Z","published":"2018-12-10T02:29:00.390Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"vendor_product":"f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller","source":"CPE_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"5.0.0"},{"last_affected":"5.1.0"},{"last_affected":"4.4.0"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},{"vendor_product":"netapp:vasa_provider","source":"CPE_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"7.2"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}