CVE-2017-7303

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

• CWE-125

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922Issue Tracking, Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97213Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922Issue Tracking, Patch

Published

Mar 29, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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