CVE-2017-8397 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.28. It involves an invalid read and write of size 1 when processing corrupt binaries with negative relocation addresses, leading to crashes in programs like objdump that utilize libbfd. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant 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:N/I:N/A:H
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