CVE-2017-6969

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6969.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6969
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-03-17T09:59:00.460Z
Modified
2026-07-09T00:52:44.869374Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7
Last affected
7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.28"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.28"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.28
Other
binutils-2_28

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6969.json"