CVE-2017-17125

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17125
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-04 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:41:00 UTC
Descriptionnm.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.29.1 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.29.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
22443 – Global buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710297 Gentoo Linux Binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17)
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