CVE-2017-14529

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-18

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22113
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582