VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9955

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.06%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-26
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

The get_build_id function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file in which a certain size field is larger than a corresponding data field, as demonstrated by mishandling within the objdump program.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references