PT-2017-18315 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Binutils+2

Manh-Dung Nguyen + 2 · Published 2017-05-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-8394

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.28

Description The Binary File Descriptor library is prone to an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer dereferencing of bfd elf large com section. This issue causes programs that analyze binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue, as the current version is affected by the NULL pointer dereferencing vulnerability in the bfd elf large com section function.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8394

MGASA-2019-0169

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3223-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 773

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