CVE-2017-7227 Information

Description

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of ‘\0’ termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5