UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8396

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8396

    Published: 1 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8396
    Aliases:
    USN-4336-2

    Summary:

    Details: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets less than the size of the reloc field. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8396, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8396

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
    2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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