CVE-2017-6966

medium

Published 2017-03-17 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.28-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.28-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.28-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.28-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.28-3`
arch		fixed	`2.29.0-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	binutils	`2.28`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.