CVE-2017-14934 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Binutils

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCWE-835 — Infinite Loop9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedSep 30
Latest updateMay 13

Description

process_debug_info in dwarf.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 (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.

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< 2.29.90.20180122-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.29

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v279-6x6v-qx69: process_debug_info in dwarf↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-14934: process_debug_info in dwarf↗2017-09-30
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14934: process_debug_info in dwarf↗2017-09-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
binutils: Infinite loop in process_debug_info↗2017-09-27
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Debian
CVE-2017-14934: binutils - process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka l...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14934 binutils: Infinite loop in process_debug_info↗2017-10-10
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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 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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