Description
coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
Published: 2017-11-15
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8006 coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.224Z

Reserved: 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16831

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-15T08:29:00.500

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16831

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16831 - Bugzilla

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