CVE-2017-6969

CRITICAL

GNU Binutils <2.28 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-125
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Mar 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026