--- binutils.orig/libiberty/simple-object-elf.c	2019-08-09 14:13:51.677330065 +0100

+++ binutils-2.32/libiberty/simple-object-elf.c	2019-08-09 14:14:31.177076298 +0100

@@ -549,6 +549,14 @@ simple_object_elf_match (unsigned char h

       return NULL;

     }

+  if (eor->shstrndx == 0)

+    {

+      *errmsg = "invalid ELF shstrndx == 0";

+      *err = 0;

+      XDELETE (eor);

+      return NULL;

+    }

+

   return (void *) eor;

 }