CVE-2017-7299

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not check the format of the input file before trying to read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability leads to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.

• CWE-125

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97217Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20908Issue Tracking, Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97217Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20908Issue Tracking, Patch

Published

Mar 29, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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