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CVE-2017-16832

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-11-15T08:00:00
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Description

The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

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GitHub Security Advisories

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⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-m58h-xr6q-8fjj

Advisory Details

The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
WEB https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373
WEB https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b
WEB https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b
Published: 2017-11-15T08:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.083Z
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