VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-6969

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL

EPSS probability3.79%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-03-17

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.