CVE-2017-16827

Description

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3