CVE-2017-8397

Updated: 2022-05-25 08:22:32.386805

Description:

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 5
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.5

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated
CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.5 HIGH Ignored 2021-11-11 03:59:17
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.5 HIGH Ignored 2021-11-11 03:59:17
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.5 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2021-11-02 21:02:48
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-11-02 21:02:48