CVE-2017-14129

medium

Description

The read_section function in dwarf2.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 (parse_comp_unit heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e4f2723003859dc6b33ca0dadbc4a7659ebf1643

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22047

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100624

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-04

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00128