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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.39% (74th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-403964
  • published 29 Aug 2017
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2017
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Introduced: 29 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13757 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c.