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CVE-2017-8394

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-01 May, 2017 | 18:00
Updated At-05 Aug, 2024 | 16:34
Rejected At-
Credits

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.

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▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
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Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:01 May, 2017 | 18:00
Updated At:05 Aug, 2024 | 16:34
Rejected At:
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
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Hyperlink: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414
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Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
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▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:01 May, 2017 | 18:59
Updated At:20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.

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TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.07.5HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary2.05.0MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Type: Primary
Version: 3.0
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 5.0
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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GNU
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>>binutils>>2.28
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE-476Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-476
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02cve@mitre.org
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414cve@mitre.org
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414
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Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Hyperlink: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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