The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 8 because of missing a check to determine whether symbols are NULL in the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-binutils | Oct 30, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 22, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-binutilssuse-upgrade-binutils-develsuse-upgrade-binutils-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-binutils-goldsuse-upgrade-cross-ppc-binutilssuse-upgrade-cross-spu-binutilssuse-upgrade-libctf-nobfd0suse-upgrade-libctf0 | Dec 1, 2017 | May 1, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | May 1, 2017 |
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