VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16829

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-11-15
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 _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references