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CVE-2017-7302

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Published: Mar 29, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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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

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils
1 product
Binutils
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 2.28

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch

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