CVE-2017-17121 | BDVDB-2026-93617 Detail

Description#

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.

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=22506
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=b23dc97fe237a1d9e850d7cbeee066183a00630b

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-12-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.