CVE-2017-8398

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-05-01

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21438