elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-29T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:06.664Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-29T17:29:00.203

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:40:26.503

Link: CVE-2017-15996

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15996 - Bugzilla