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CVE-2017-7209
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-21T06:59:00.477 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:23:51.867

Summary

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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References

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