CVE-2017-17080

N/A
Published: November 30, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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