The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 and an invalid write of size 1 during processing of a corrupt binary containing reloc(s) with negative addresses. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17349 The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 and an invalid write of size 1 during processing of a corrupt binary containing reloc(s) with negative addresses. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.919Z

Reserved: 2017-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8397

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-01T18:59:00.340

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

Link: CVE-2017-8397

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8397 - Bugzilla

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