CVE-2017-14128

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

GNU Binutils: 2.29

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100623
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22059
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e8b60085eb3e6f2c41bc0c00c0d759fa7f72780
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100623
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22059
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e8b60085eb3e6f2c41bc0c00c0d759fa7f72780

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