CVE-2017-17123

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Crafted COFF File

Title source: llm

Description

The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF based file.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22509

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Patch x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=4581a1c7d304ce14e714b27522ebf3d0188d6543

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0044

EPSS Percentile 63.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils 2.29.1

Published Dec 04, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026