PT-2017-18314
CVE-2017-8393
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Published
2017-05-01
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Binutils version 2.28
Description
The Binary File Descriptor library is prone to a global buffer over-read error due to an incorrect assumption about the naming of SHT REL/SHR RELA sections. This issue affects programs that analyze binary programs using the library, such as objcopy and strip, causing them to crash.
Recommendations
For GNU Binutils version 2.28, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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