CVE-2017-16831
Published: 15 November 2017
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.29.90.20180122-1)
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04)
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
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Patches: Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6cee897971d4d7cd37d2a686bb6d2aa3e759c8ca |
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