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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 28%
VendorProductVersion
gnubinutils
2.29
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
binutils
bullseye
2.35.2-2
fixed
stretch
ignored
jessie
ignored
wheezy
ignored
bookworm
2.40-2
fixed
sid
2.43.1-5
fixed
trixie
2.43.1-5
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
binutils
eoan
not-affected
disco
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf