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CVE-2017-15996

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-10-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-15996
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.36%

Original NVD Description

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.