VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16832

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 pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references