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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8396
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 because the exi...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets less than the size of the reloc field. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.28-5"}]}]
Debian:13
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.28-5"}]}]
Debian:14
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.28-5"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org