CVE-2017-14529 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-14529 PUBLISHED

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

EPSS 0.41% · 61.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.41%

61.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8, 2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1

Timeline

Sep 18, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14529 third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22113 third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6 third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14529 third-party-advisory

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