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CVE-2017-6966

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Date: March 17, 2017

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6966
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-6966
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21139
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6966
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-6966

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Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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