CVE-2017-7299 | BDVDB-2026-83350 Detail

Description#

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not check the format of the input file before trying to read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability leads to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20908
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97217

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-03-29Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.