CVE-2017-14930

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.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 (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-14930

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-09-30T01:29:02

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-772	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.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:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.1

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22191	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14930
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14930

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:22:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:32:19	2017-09-30T01:29Z	2017-09-30T01:29:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:32:19		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:32:19		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated