CVE-2017-12967

The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a malformed tekhex binary.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-08-19

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100462
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21962