CVE-2017-9753Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 19
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29-1+3
NVDgnu/binutils2.28

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w72r-r4qc-7726: The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-9753: The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados2017-06-19
OSV
CVE-2017-9753: The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados2017-06-19

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2021-07-21
Red Hat
binutils: Address violation in versados_mkobject function when disassembling a corrupt versados binary2017-07-11
Debian
CVE-2017-9753: binutils - The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (...2017

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9753 mingw-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in versados_mkobject function [epel-all]2017-07-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9753 binutils: stack overflow in versados_mkobject function [fedora-all]2017-07-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9753 binutils: Address violation in versados_mkobject function when disassembling a corrupt versados binary2017-07-11
CVE-2017-9753 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase