CVE-2017-14333

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14333
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-12T08:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-09T02:29:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21990 Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14333
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14333
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:49:38 2017-09-12T08:29Z 2017-09-12T08:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:49:38 2018-01-09T02:29:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:49:38 Modified Vulnerability Status updated