CVE-2017-7299 in binutils
Summary
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not check the format of the input file before trying to read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability leads to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
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Reservation
03/29/2017
Disclosure
03/29/2017
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99063 | GNU binutils BFD elflink.c bfd_elf_final_link out-of-bounds | 125 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2017-7299 |