CVE-2017-17080

Description

elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3