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medium 4.6

CVE-2005-1704 json

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows us…

published 2005-05-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1706

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdb Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.3-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1704

  • elfutils RHEL 3 0.94.1-2
  • elfutils-libelf RHEL 3 0.94.1-2
  • elfutils RHEL 4 0.97.1-3
  • elfutils-libelf RHEL 4 0.97.1-3
  • gdb RHEL 4 6.3.0.0-1.63
  • binutils RHEL 4 2.15.92.0.2-15
  • binutils RHEL 3 2.14.90.0.4-39

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0368RHSA-2006:0354RHSA-2005:709RHSA-2005:673RHSA-2005:659

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1704 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 elfutils 0.94.1-2, binutils 2.14.90.0.4-39, elfutils-libelf 0.94.1-2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 elfutils 0.94.1-2, binutils 2.14.90.0.4-39, elfutils-libelf 0.94.1-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:659
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63, elfutils 0.97.1-3, binutils 2.15.92.0.2-15, elfutils-libelf 0.97.1-3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63, elfutils 0.97.1-3, binutils 2.15.92.0.2-15, elfutils-libelf 0.97.1-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:673
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:763
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 elfutils 0.94.1-2, binutils 2.14.90.0.4-39, elfutils-libelf 0.94.1-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:659
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63, elfutils 0.97.1-3, binutils 2.15.92.0.2-15, elfutils-libelf 0.97.1-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:673
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:763
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 elfutils 0.94.1-2, binutils 2.14.90.0.4-39, elfutils-libelf 0.94.1-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:659
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63, elfutils 0.97.1-3, binutils 2.15.92.0.2-15, elfutils-libelf 0.97.1-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:673
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:763

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Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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