CVE-2017-17121 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateMay 14
Description
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 (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-pf75-q5f8-46gr: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-14
OSV▶
CVE-2017-17121: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-12-04
CVEList▶
CVE-2017-17121: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-12-04