Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161212-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.5% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992719
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Mar 2017

Introduced: 22 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7227  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.