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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7303
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7303
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | binutils | 0 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 0 |
| Debian:12 | binutils | 0 |
Timeline
- Mar 29, 2017 CVE Published
- Sep 1, 2026 CVE Updated