CVE-2017-14939

MEDIUM

binutils 2.29.51.20170921 - 'read_1_byte' Heap Buffer Overflow

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Record summary

CVE-2017-14939 has a selected CVSS score of 5.5 (medium); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

Description

decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.

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Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
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Proofs of concept

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Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBbinutils 2.29.51.20170921 - 'read_1_byte' Heap Buffer OverflowExploitDB exploitby Agostino SarubboNot analyzed1 file
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