CVE-2017-7227

Published: Mar 22, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

Gnu

1 product

Binutils

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.28

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatch

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