CVE-2017-16832

Published: Nov 15, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.29.1

Related CWEs

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

References (6)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatch

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

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

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373

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

ExploitIssue TrackingPatch

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b

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

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