Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39450

Out-of-bounds read in Binutils - CVE-2017-6969

Published: March 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39450

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6969

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

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.

Affected software

Binutils
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6969

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97065
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21156

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