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CVE-2017-16831
Published: Nov 15, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
GLSA-201811-17
vendor-advisory
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22385
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