The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid write of size 8 because of missing a malloc() return-value check to see if memory had actually been allocated in the _bfd_generic_get_section_contents function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 | |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21431 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 | |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21431 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory | 
Configurations
                    History
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 - | |
| References | () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21431 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2017-05-01 18:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-8395
Mitre link : CVE-2017-8395
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8395
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Products Affected
                gnu
- binutils
 
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
