CVE-2017-9955

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The get_build_id function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file in which a certain size field is larger than a corresponding data field, as demonstrated by mishandling within the objdump program.

Affected products

GNU Binutils: 2.28

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99573
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21665
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99573
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21665

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