CVE-2017-14333

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14333
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-12 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-09 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.29 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.29 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
21990 – Integer overflow in process_version_sections (readelf.c) CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670363 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1767)
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