VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14938

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.02%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-30
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

_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references