CVE-2017-16829 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

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-rpgg-426j-hqcx: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties↗2017-11-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties↗2017-11-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
binutils: Out-of-bounds read in the _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function↗2017-10-17
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Debian
CVE-2017-16829: binutils - The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary Fil...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16829 binutils: Out-of-bounds read in the _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function↗2017-11-29
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