CVE-2017-17125 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-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-55gg-7mc8-q922: nm↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-17125: nm↗2017-12-04
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OSV
CVE-2017-17125: nm↗2017-12-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Buffer over-read in the _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string function↗2017-11-15
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Debian
CVE-2017-17125: binutils - nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, whic...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17125 binutils: Buffer over-read in the _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string function↗2017-12-11
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