CVE-2017-17125

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF 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

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 4, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-17125: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix