FKIE_CVE-2017-14130

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-04 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:05
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The _bfd_elf_parse_attributes function in elf-attrs.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100625
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22058Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=2a143b99fc4a5094a9cf128f3184d8e6818c8229
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100625
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22058Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=2a143b99fc4a5094a9cf128f3184d8e6818c8229
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu binutils 2.29
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