CVE-2017-7303

Name	CVE-2017-7303
Description	The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
binutils (PTS)	bullseye	2.35.2-2	fixed
	bookworm	2.40-2	fixed
	trixie	2.43.50.20241215-1	fixed
	sid	2.43.50.20241221-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	wheezy	(not affected)
binutils	source	(unstable)	2.27.51.20161212-1

Notes

[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - binutils <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20922