FKIE_CVE-2017-17126

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-04 08:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The load_debug_section function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ELF file that lacks section headers.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22510Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f425ec6600b69e39eb605f3128806ff688137ea8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22510Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f425ec6600b69e39eb605f3128806ff688137ea8
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu binutils 2.29.1
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