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.

• CWE-119

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21438Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21438Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 1, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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