CVE-2017-16830 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation 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-w24f-89wg-qpgm: The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf↗2017-11-15
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf↗2017-11-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
binutils: Segmentation fault in the print_gnu_property_note function↗2017-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2017-16830: binutils - The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does no...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16830 binutils: Segmentation fault in the print_gnu_property_note function↗2017-11-29
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