Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-cyk5-qdes-hyar
Vulnerability ID VCID-cyk5-qdes-hyar
Aliases CVE-2017-7301
Summary binutils: Off-by-one error in aout_link_add_symbols function
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-193 Off-by-one Error
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7301.json
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
epss 0.00433 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
cvssv2 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7301
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7301
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7301.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7301
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7301
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20924
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97218
1440829 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440829
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-7301 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7301
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7301.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7301
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7301
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6091
EPSS Score 0.00405
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:33:06.357502+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7301.json 38.0.0