CVE-2017-6966

Medium

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Binutils
PublishedMar 17, 2017
First seenMar 17, 2017

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu binutils2.28—

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