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CVE-2017-7299

CVE-2017-7299 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.26% · 49.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.26%
49.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSbinutils2.25.1-6ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2, 2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSbinutils0, 2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1, 2.24-1ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Mar 29, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
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