UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7226

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7226
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7226.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7226
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Published
2017-03-22T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:55Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The peILFobject_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2
2.24-5ubuntu3
2.24-5ubuntu3.1
2.24-5ubuntu13
2.24-5ubuntu14
2.24-5ubuntu14.1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.25.1-6ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu3
2.25.51.20151027-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu2
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2
2.26-2ubuntu1
2.26-3ubuntu1
2.26-4ubuntu1
2.26-5ubuntu1
2.26-6ubuntu1
2.26-7ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu1
2.26-8ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu2.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

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