CVE-2017-7302

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable…

published March 29, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02406 · 83.8th percentile
Published
2017-03-29T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 MAR 15:00Z
    The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable…
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