Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26574
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8642dafaef21aa6747cec01df1977e9c52eb4679
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0008/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
55.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
gnu/binutils
2.35.1
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
Published
Dec 27, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026