Heap-based Buffer Overflow in readelf of GNU Binutils 2.28

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in readelf of GNU Binutils 2.28

CVE-2017-6965 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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