CVE-2017-7227

High

Description

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnu Binutils

PublishedMar 22, 2017

First seenMar 22, 2017

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnu binutils	2.28	—

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