CVE-2017-8398 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 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
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

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< 2.28-5+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.28

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-266j-p4xx-fvxr: dwarf↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-8398: dwarf↗2017-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2017-8398: dwarf↗2017-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Out-of-bounds read while dumping the debug information from a corrupt binary↗2017-04-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-8398: binutils - dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during d...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8398 binutils: Out-of-bounds read while dumping the debug information from a corrupt binary↗2017-05-10
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