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Published: 15/11/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 605

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

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The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutxh in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2291, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file ...

CWE-119 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22306 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-16827

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