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CVE-2017-9748

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler bug.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: 2.28

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99110
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21582
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42202/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99110
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21582
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42202/

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