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Vulnerability details: VCID-pdrv-qfbp-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-pdrv-qfbp-aaan
Aliases CVE-2017-6966
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-6966.html
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435646
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6966
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-276
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Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-6966.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6966.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6966
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6966
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21139
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
1435646 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435646
858263 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858263
AVG-276 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-276
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-2017-6966 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6966.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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6966
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 0.27735
EPSS Score 0.00061
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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