CVE-2017-14974

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the *_get_synthetic_symtab functions

Published Oct 1, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% 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, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) 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-2017-6450 The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) 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, 6:55 PM
Reserved
Oct 1, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 2, 2017, 1:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 21, 2017, 12:00 AM