CVE-2017-13757
MEDIUMGNU Binutils - Out-of-Bounds Read
Title source: ruleDescription
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
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-125
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
gnu/binutils
Timeline
Published
Aug 29, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026