{"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_01M5NCK1Z9NGCHB0FKB2F0ACJS","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:49.826908772Z","published_at":"2017-03-21T06:59:00.477Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7209","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7209"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":5.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7209#Debian:13/binutils","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7209"}],"summary":"The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash."}