Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (off-by-one) because of an incomplete check for invalid string offsets while loading symbols, leading to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16327 | The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (off-by-one) because of an incomplete check for invalid string offsets while loading symbols, leading to a GNU linker (ld) program crash. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-2 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.385Z
Reserved: 2017-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7300
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-03-29T15:59:00.193
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-7300
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN