CVE-2017-6969 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 17
Latest updateMay 13

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-43g9-956r-vq78: readelf in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-6969: readelf in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-6969: 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: Heap-based buffer over-read in readelf when processing corrupt RL78 binaries↗2017-02-14
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Debian
CVE-2017-6969: binutils - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read whil...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6969 binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in readelf when processing corrupt RL78 binaries↗2017-03-24
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