CVE-2017-14129 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29-10+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.29

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v2h3-g86c-m626: The read_section function in dwarf2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-14129: The read_section function in dwarf2↗2017-09-04
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14129: The read_section function in dwarf2↗2017-09-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in the read_section function↗2017-08-30
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Debian
CVE-2017-14129: binutils - The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) librar...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14129 binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in the read_section function↗2017-09-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13757 CVE-2017-14128 CVE-2017-14129 CVE-2017-14130 binutils: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-09-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13757 CVE-2017-14128 CVE-2017-14129 CVE-2017-14130 mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-09-01
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