CVE-2017-13710

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-13710

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-08-27T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-08-30T01:29:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0c54f69295208331faab9bc5e995111a35672f9b	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100499

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13710
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13710

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:42:25				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:18:10	2017-08-27T16:29Z	2017-08-27T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 20:18:10		2017-08-30T01:29:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 20:18:10		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated