PT-2026-27135

A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files, where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can caus...

SUSE CVE-2017-8392

The Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 8 because of missing a check to determine whether symbols are NULL in the bfddwarf2findnearestline function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20651

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in elflinkaddobjectsymbols in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. This occurs for a crafted ETDYN with no program headers. A specially crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14940

scanunitforsymbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a crafted ELF file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13716

The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service excessive memory allocation and application crash via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka...