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CVE-2017-14729

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, do not…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, do not ensure a unique PLT entry for a symbol, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22170 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/09/25/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_bfd_x86_elf_get_synthetic_symtab-e · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=61e3bf5f83f7e505b6bc51ef65426e5b31e6e360 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=56933f9e3e90eebf1018ed7417d6c1184b91db6b · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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