CVE-2017-14934

process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-30

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-131, CWE-835

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101204
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22219
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=19485196044b2521af979f1e5c4a89bfb90fba0b