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Vulnerability details: VCID-tcnf-4f1g-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-tcnf-4f1g-aaac
Aliases CVE-2017-7227
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-170 Improper Null Termination
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-7227.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435303
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7227
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7227
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-937
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-7227.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7227.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7227
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7227
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209
1435303 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435303
AVG-937 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-937
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-2017-7227 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7227
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-2017-7227.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: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7227
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

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none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

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none

partial

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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-2017-7227
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 0.37648
EPSS Score 0.00188
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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