Description
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2017-03-17
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16003 readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.392Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6965

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-17T09:59:00.350

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6965

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6965 - Bugzilla

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