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CVE-2017-8392 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 CVE
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21409 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21409 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu binutils
2.28

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8392
NVD Published Date:
May 1, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]