CVE-2017-6969 in binutils

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 03/17/2017
• Disclosure: 03/17/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-98231 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.2
• EPSS: 0.00455
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6969
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6969
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-6969/