Is CVE-2018-7569 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-7569 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-7569?

CVE-2018-7569 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-7569?

CVE-2018-7569 has an EPSS score of 2.12% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7569?

Upgrade binutils on debian 11 to 2.30-6 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-7569

MEDIUMEPSS 80th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

dwarf2.c 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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

CWE-190Integer Overflow CWE-191

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.30-6CVE-2018-7569

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.