CVE-2017-7227
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Published: March 22, 2017 at 04:00 PM 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 2%
Description
GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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