CVE-2017-7302 | BDVDB-2026-83353 Detail

Description#

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to 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=20921
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97216

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.