CVE-2017-15996

Description

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header, related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.314

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-debuginfo-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-debugsource-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234