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CVE-2017-6966
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-17T09:59:00.383 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:23:23.693

Summary

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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