elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade binutils | Sep 28, 2018 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-devel/binutils. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Dec 4, 2019 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Dec 18, 2019 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Aug 16, 2019 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 5, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc-binutilsUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade cross-spu-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Dec 1, 2017 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade binutils (Ubuntu Pro) | Jul 22, 2021 | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 9, 2017 |
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