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CVE-2017-15996

Published: 10/29/2017 Last updated: 8/5/2024 Reserved: 10/29/2017

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

CNA assigner: mitre (8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (3)

bap-std clangml conf-binutils

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
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References (8)