VDB
CVE-2017-14939
CVE-2017-14939
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.
EPSS 5.94% · 92.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
5.94%
92.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | binutils | 0, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | binutils | 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2, 2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2, * |
Timeline
- Sep 29, 2017 CVE Published
- Oct 11, 2017 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14939 third-party-advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14939 third-party-advisory