CVE-2017-6966
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Published: March 17, 2017 at 08:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21139Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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