Description
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.
Published: 2017-03-17
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16007 readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.307Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-6969

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-17T09:59:00.460

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6969

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6969 - Bugzilla

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