CVE-2017-8393

The Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error because of an assumption made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that SHTREL/SHRRELA sections are always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This...

CVE-2017-8393

CVE-2017-8393 affects GNU Binutils’ Binary File Descriptor library (libbfd) as distributed in Binutils 2.28. The flaw stems from an assumption in code paths used by objcopy and strip that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections always begin with .rel/.rela, causing a global buffer over-read and a crash in tool...

CVE-2017-8393

The Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error because of an assumption made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that SHTREL/SHRRELA sections are always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This...