CVE-2017-14529 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read CWE-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

GNU Binutils

Timeline

PublishedSep 18

Latest updateMay 13

Description

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

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

GHSA

GHSA-xmj2-hq7g-f72r: The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen↗2022-05-13

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OSV

CVE-2017-14529: The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen↗2017-09-18

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CVEList

CVE-2017-14529: The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen↗2017-09-18

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21

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Red Hat

binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl16 function in peXXigen.c↗2017-09-17

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Debian

CVE-2017-14529: binutils - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) li...↗2017

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2017-14529 CVE-2017-14729 CVE-2017-14745 CVE-2017-14930 CVE-2017-14932 CVE-2017-14933 CVE-2017-14934 CVE-2017-14938 CVE-2017-14939 CVE-2017-14940 CVE-2017-14974 CVE-2017-15020 CVE-2017-15021 CVE-2↗2017-10-06

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Bugzilla

CVE-2017-14529 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl16 function in peXXigen.c↗2017-10-06

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Bugzilla

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