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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21137
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.28
Published
Mar 17, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026