VDB
GHSA-xmj2-hq7g-f72r
GHSA-xmj2-hq7g-f72r
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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.
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
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6 url
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14529 advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22113 url
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6 url
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582 url