VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-6966

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references