CVE-2017-7224

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.28 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that contains an empty function name, leading to a program crash.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 52.5%
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-787
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Mar 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026