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CVE-2017-16830

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: 2.29.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101941
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22384
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=6ab2c4ed51f9c4243691755e1b1d2149c6a426f4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101941
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22384
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=6ab2c4ed51f9c4243691755e1b1d2149c6a426f4

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