THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-6969
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6969

Binutils vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Binutils
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-03-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6969

  • Confirm whether Gnu Binutils is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6969.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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