CVE-2017-7303

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922 Issue Tracking Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922 - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922 - Issue Tracking, Patch

Information

Published : 2017-03-29 15:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:31


NVD link : CVE-2017-7303

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7303


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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read