CVE-2017-7303

Published: Mar 29, 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

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.28

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213

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

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922

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

Issue TrackingPatch

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