Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15021
CVE-2017-15021
Description
bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.
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References
1- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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