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CVE-2017-7226

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 2.46%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-7226
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
2.46%

Original NVD Description

The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.

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