CVE-2017-15021
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.
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affected products (7)
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references (11)
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- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22197cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31dcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2483cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/Patchcnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22197enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31denisa_euvd
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