Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403810
  • published18 Sept 2017
  • disclosed18 Sept 2017

Introduced: 18 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.29-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.