CVE-2017-6969

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-6969

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-03-17T09:59:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.1

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21156	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97065
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6969
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6969

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:53				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:52:56	2017-03-17T09:59Z	2017-03-17T09:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:52:56		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:52:56		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated