CVE-2017-16832

Published: 15/11/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 605

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 malicious users 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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gnu binutils 2.29.1

The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicodeh in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2291, 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 i ...

CWE-190 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 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-16832

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