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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.15% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992716
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Mar 2017

Introduced: 22 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.