CVE-2017-8396

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

Description The Binary File Descriptor library is susceptible to an invalid read due to inadequate reloc offset range tests, which failed to account for small negative offsets. This issue can cause programs utilizing the library, such as objdump, to crash when analyzing binary programs.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, update to a version that includes the fix for the invalid read issue in the Binary File Descriptor library.