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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-8396
CVE-2025-8396:
Wolfi vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.28 contains a vulnerability related to invalid read operations. The vulnerability stems from insufficient reloc offset range testing that fails to detect small negative offsets less than the size of the reloc field (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) issue. It received a CVSS v3.0 Base Score of 7.5 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability causes programs that use the libbfd library for binary program analysis, such as objdump, to crash. The impact is primarily focused on availability, with no direct effect on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been implemented for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) with version 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1. Users are advised to update to the patched version (Ubuntu).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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