CVE-2017-17125

HIGH

GNU Binutils <2.29.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 58.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-125
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Dec 04, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026