CVE-2017-7302

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7302
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-29T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-31T16:28:29
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:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20921 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97216 Patch VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7302
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7302
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:13:47 2017-03-29T15:59Z 2017-03-29T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:13:47 2017-03-31T16:28:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:13:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated