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CVE-2005-1704

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2005-05-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gdb

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References