CVE-2017-17121Improper 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

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-pf75-q5f8-46gr: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2017-17121: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22017-12-04
CVEList
CVE-2017-17121: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22017-12-04

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2021-07-21
Red Hat
binutils: Memory access violation via a crafted COFF binary2017-11-28
Debian
CVE-2017-17121: binutils - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Bin...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17121 binutils: Memory access violation via a crafted COFF binary2017-12-11
CVE-2017-17121 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase