Use After Free Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-BINUTILS-1986311
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 13 Feb 2017
Introduced: 13 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-6966 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 binutils.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.