CVE-2017-14939 PUBLISHED

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 2.99% · 86.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
2.99%
86.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSbinutils0, 2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSbinutils0, 2.25.1-6ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2

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