CVE-2017-16826 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29.90.20180122-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.29.1

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-h37m-4w5g-qcf7: The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode↗2017-11-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode↗2017-11-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Invalid memory access in the coff_slurp_line_table function↗2017-10-31
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Debian
CVE-2017-16826: binutils - The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16826 binutils: Invalid memory access in the coff_slurp_line_table function↗2017-11-29
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CVE-2017-16826 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase