CVE-2017-16832

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16832
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-15T08:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-27T11:29:01
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
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/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b Patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16832
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:03:40 2017-11-15T08:29Z 2017-11-15T08:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:03:40 2018-11-27T11:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:03:40 Modified Vulnerability Status updated