CVE-2017-6966 Information

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index and mishandling of state across invocations.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21139

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5