CVE-2017-8398

Published: May 1, 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

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.

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 (4)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21438

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

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

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21438

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

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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