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CVE-2017-6969
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-17T09:59:00.460 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:23:24.067

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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References

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