CVE-2017-14333

HIGH

GNU Binutils 2.29 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 49.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-190
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026