CVE-2017-14974 The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allo...
MediumCVSS 5.5
EPSS 0.98%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/binutils(Debian:12) | < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| debian/binutils(Debian:13) | < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| debian/binutils(Debian:14) | < 2.29.1-2 | 2.29.1-2 |
| GNU binutils | = 2.29 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2017-14974 vendor-advisory
- sourceware.org issue-tracking patch third-party-advisory
- sourceware.org