CVE-2018-18310

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18310

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18310.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201901-3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed0.175-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.175-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.175-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.175-1
debian debiansidfixed0.175-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.175-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.