CVE-2017-14938

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule

Description

_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.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 (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References (4)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bd61e135492ecf624880e6b78e5fcde3c9716df6

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101212

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables-elf-c/

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0050

EPSS Percentile 65.6%

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-770

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026