CVE-2017-16832 | BDVDB-2026-92947 Detail

Description#

The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-11-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.