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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161201-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.12% (45th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-522246
  • published 22 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 22 Mar 2017
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Introduced: 22 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7224 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.27.51.20161201-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that contains an empty function name, leading to a program crash.