CVE-2017-16831
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-16831 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-11-15 08:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:40:00 UTC |
| Description | coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-190
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Patch |
| sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit | sourceware.org | ||
| 22385 – Integer overflow in coff_get_normalized_symtab | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710297 Gentoo Linux Binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17)