CVE-2017-7303

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.
References
Link Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213 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 10:00


NVD link : CVE-2017-7303

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7303


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils