CVE-2017-14974

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf', 'name': 'https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf', 'tags': ['Issue Tracking', 'Patch', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • () https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf -

Information

Published : 2017-10-02 01:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2017-14974

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14974

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14974


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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference