CVE-2017-14745

binutils: Integer overflow in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions

Published Sep 26, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6240 The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:01 PM
Reserved
Sep 26, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 26, 2017, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:06 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 18, 2017, 12:00 AM