CVE-2017-7301 — Improper Input Validation in Binutils

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-193 — Off-by-one Error8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.27.51.20161212-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.28

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gpjq-r2ff-7mx6: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-7301: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-29
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CVEList
CVE-2017-7301: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Debian
CVE-2017-7301: binutils - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Bin...↗2017
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Red Hat
binutils: Off-by-one error in aout_link_add_symbols function↗2016-12-03
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7301 binutils: Off-by-one error in aout_link_add_symbols function↗2017-04-10
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