CVE-2017-14529

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.29 - Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read

Title source: llm

Description

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0041
EPSS Percentile 61.2%
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 Sep 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026