CVE-2017-14930

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.29 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 58.2%
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-772
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026