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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161212-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-522942
  • published 29 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 29 Mar 2017
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Introduced: 29 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7303 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.27.51.20161212-1 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 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.