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CVE-2017-16829
published 2017-11-15

CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1…

PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.79%
76.1th percentile
The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianbinutils< binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)
gnubinutils
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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