CVE-2017-7209

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    CVE-2017-7209

    Published: 21 Mar 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.28

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High