CVE-2017-13710

high

Description

The setup_group function in elf.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0c54f69295208331faab9bc5e995111a35672f9b

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100499

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-27

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High