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CVE-2017-8393

CVE-2017-8393 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error because of an assumption made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy and strip, to crash.

EPSS 1.89% · 78.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.89%
78.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSbinutils0, 2.25.1-6ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSbinutils0, 2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1

Timeline

  • May 1, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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