CVE-2017-7304

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a…

published March 29, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02095 · 81.4th 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, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a…
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