What is CVE-2017-7303?

CVE-2017-7303 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-7303?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7303 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Binutils

CVE-2017-7303

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils — versions 2.28
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7303?: CVE-2017-7303 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-7303?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7303 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.