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CVE-2017-8398
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-01T18:59:00.370 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:26:19.077

Summary

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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References

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