7.5

CVE-2017-7304: gnu binutils Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2017-7304
Published 29-03-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7304 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
MGASA-2019-0169OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2

Timeline

  1. 29-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.10% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.27.51.20161212-1
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links