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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8393

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:14binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:13binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:11binutils0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 1, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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