CVE-2017-14938

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-770

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101212Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables-elf-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166Issue Tracking, Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bd61e135492ecf624880e6b78e5fcde3c9716df6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101212Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables-elf-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166Issue Tracking, Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bd61e135492ecf624880e6b78e5fcde3c9716df6

Timeline

Published: Sep 30, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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