CVE-2017-7227

binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in ld due to missing null termination

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 2, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-170 · Improper Null Termination