{"id":"CVE-2017-7227","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7227","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:13:57.164Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-03-22T16:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["gnu/binutils"],"epss":{"score":0.02497,"percentile":0.84599,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97209","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7227","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}