CVE-2017-17125

High

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Binutils
PublishedDec 4, 2017
First seenDec 4, 2017

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu binutils2.29.1—

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