{"action":"Upgrade binutils to 2.28-3 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.28-3","introduced":"0"}],"component":"binutils","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.28-3"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCJAPMM0WZCVGBBGSE7A0J","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:49.564766371Z","published_at":"2017-03-17T09:59:00.460Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6969","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6969"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.1},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6969#Debian:13/binutils","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6969"}],"summary":"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"}