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CVE-2017-14939
Published: Sep 29, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
42970
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
101216
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169
x_refsource_MISC
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