CVE-2017-14974 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Vulnerability Description

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.

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.29

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1eb
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1eb

FAQ

What is CVE-2017-14974?

CVE-2017-14974 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). 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 allo...

How severe is CVE-2017-14974?

CVE-2017-14974 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2017-14974?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnu Binutils.