CVE-2017-14974
published 2017-10-02CVE-2017-14974: The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a…
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.98%
58.7th percentile
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | binutils | < binutils 2.29.1-2 (bookworm) | binutils 2.29.1-2 (bookworm) |
| gnu | binutils | — | — |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
vendor_redhat·2017-09-21·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14974 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: binutils220 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-14974: binutils - The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14974 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14974: binutils - The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library...
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.29.1-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.29.1-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.29.1-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.29.1-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.29.1-2)
GHSA
GHSA-qcp2-5rv3-rr4w: The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-14974 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-qcp2-5rv3-rr4w: The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
OSV
CVE-2017-14974: The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
osv·2017-10-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14974 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14974: The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14974 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
bugzilla·2017-10-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14974 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14974 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
CVE-2017-14974 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Upstream issue:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163
Upstream patch:
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf
Discussion:
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499311]
Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:
A
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
bugzilla·2017-10-06·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14529 [MEDIUM] 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
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-2017-15022 ... binutils: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the releva
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
bugzilla·2017-10-06·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14529 [MEDIUM] 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
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-2017-15022 ... mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the rele
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cfhttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf
2017-10-02
Published