What is CVE-2017-8398?

CVE-2017-8398 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8398?

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

Is CVE-2017-8398 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in GNU Binutils

CVE-2017-8398

dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.3th 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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8398?: CVE-2017-8398 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8398?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8398 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.