CVE-2017-7304

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.28

Description The issue is caused by an invalid read in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library due to a missing check for an invalid sh link field. This results in Binutils utilities, such as strip, crashing.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider updating to a newer version that includes a fix for this issue, as the current version is prone to crashes due to the invalid read.