Description (CNA)
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
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CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101216
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101216
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169