CVE-2017-6965

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils <2.28 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Mar 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026