CVE-2017-7301

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
References
Link Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20924 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97218 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-03-29 08:59

Updated : 2017-03-31 10:02


NVD link : CVE-2017-7301

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7301


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CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils