VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14333

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references