Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9954
CVE-2017-9954
Description
The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.
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