Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.88% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-403515
  • published19 Jun 2017
  • disclosed19 Jun 2017

Introduced: 19 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9748  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 binutils.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler bug.