CVE-2017-14938

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14938
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-30 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:39:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

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: memory allocation failure in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables (elf.c) | agostino's blog MISC blogs.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
22166 – big memory allocation failure MISC sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Patch
GNU Binutils 'elf.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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