CVE-2017-16831

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 15, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-16831: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix