CVE-2017-7301
HIGHGNU Binutils <2.28 - Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-20
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
gnu/binutils
Timeline
Published
Mar 29, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026