Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9955
CVE-2017-9955
Description
The get_build_id function in opncls.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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file in which a certain size field is larger than a corresponding data field, as demonstrated by mishandling within the objdump program.
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