VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14529

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references