CVE-2017-7227

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    CVE-2017-7227

    Published: 22 Mar 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.28

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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