DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8398

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8398 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, 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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8398 advisory

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