CVE-2017-16831

High

Description

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnu Binutils

PublishedNov 15, 2017

First seenNov 15, 2017

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnu binutils	2.29.1	—

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