7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.5%
Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
gnu:binutils | gnu binutils | lt | 2.17 |
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/20188
secunia.com/advisories/20531
secunia.com/advisories/20550
secunia.com/advisories/22932
secunia.com/advisories/27441
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584
www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644