Bug 1469752 (CVE-2017-9954) - CVE-2017-9954 binutils: stack-based buffer over-read in getvalue function
Summary: CVE-2017-9954 binutils: stack-based buffer over-read in getvalue function
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-9954
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1469753 1469754
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-11 18:53 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2026-03-02 08:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:16:15 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-11 18:53:08 UTC 
The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)
library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows
attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer
over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as
demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21670

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=04e15b4a9462cb1ae819e878a6009829aab8020b

References:
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-11 18:53:35 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1469753]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1469754]
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