CVE-2017-6969 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 when processing malformed RL78 binaries. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger program crashes and potentially leak sensitive information. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.1, there is no known public exploit code, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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