The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16329 The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.319Z

Reserved: 2017-03-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7302

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-29T15:59:00.257

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7302

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7302 - Bugzilla

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