Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16331 | The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.392Z
Reserved: 2017-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7304
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-03-29T15:59:00.317
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-7304
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Weaknesses
EUVD