CVE-2017-6966 — Use After Free in Binutils

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.28-3+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.28

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8v4m-gqx8-68xh: readelf in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-6966: readelf in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-6966: readelf in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf↗2017-02-13
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Debian
CVE-2017-6966: binutils - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free)...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6966 binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf↗2017-03-24
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