CVE-2017-13716

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule

Description

The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd).

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 46.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-770
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Aug 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026