CVE-2017-8393 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-8393 PUBLISHED

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 0.38% · 59.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.38%

59.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8, 2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1

Timeline

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8393 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8393 third-party-advisory

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