<p>There is no fixed version for <code>Debian:8</code> <code>binutils</code>.</p>

Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.1% (41^st percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-403875
published 1 May 2017
disclosed 1 May 2017

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Introduced: 1 May 2017

CVE-2017-8398 Open this link in a new tab CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.