CVE-2017-6965 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in readelf within GNU Binutils 2.28, occurring when processing malformed input files with symbol-difference relocations. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), potentially leading to a denial of service (A:H) due to illegal memory writes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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