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CVE-2017-15996
Published: Oct 29, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
101608
vdb-entry
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GLSA-201801-01
vendor-advisory
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22361
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