CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distr...

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CVE-2018-10535 is a denial-of-service flaw in GNU Binutils libbfd, reported for Binutils 2.30. A specially crafted file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash tools such as objcopy when they process it. Exposure is most likely where binutils or libbfd-based tooling processes untrusted binary files, including build systems, package pipelines, reverse-engineering workflows, and automated file analysis services. Treat this as operational reliability risk for systems that inspect or transform untrusted binaries. Prioritize remediation in CI, packaging, and security-analysis environments over ordinary desktops with no such exposure. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor binutils updates from the relevant Linux distribution advisory.; Avoid processing untrusted binary files with vulnerable libbfd-based tools.; Isolate automated file-analysis or build workers that handle external submissions..

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Jun 7, 2026, 13:40 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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