VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7304

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.10%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-03-29

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

Weakness classification

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch