Buffer overflow vulnerability in libbfd in GNU Binutils 2.28

CVE-2017-9754 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a certain offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

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