CVE-2017-13757

Published: Aug 29, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.29

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100532

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22018

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=90efb6422939ca031804266fba669f77c22a274a

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100532

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22018

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=90efb6422939ca031804266fba669f77c22a274a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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