CVE•Published 2017-03-22•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-7226Gnu · Binutils
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-22
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-7226Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Gnu Binutils" version:"2.28"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Binutils"HTTP body or banner mentions "Binutils" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-7226Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-7226Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-7226Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-7226GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-7226" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2017-7226 on GitHub.