CVE-2017-14938: Gnu Binutils vulnerability
Gnu · Binutils
Affected: Gnu Binutils · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 81% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
_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.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Gnu
- Published
- September 2017
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-770cwe.mitre.org
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166sourceware.org
- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bd61e135492sourceware.org
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-memory-allocation-failublogs.gentoo.org
- securityfocus.com/bid/101212securityfocus.com