CVE-2017-14934

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

process_debug_info in dwarf.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 (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 57.7%
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-131 CWE-835
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026