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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-10-29T17:29:00.203
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:38.103
Link: CVE-2017-15996
Redhat