CVE-2017-17124

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17124
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-04T08:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-27T11:29:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.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=b0029dce6867de1a2828293177b0e030d2f0f03c Patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22507 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17124
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17124
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:38:05 2017-12-04T08:29Z 2017-12-04T08:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:38:05 2018-11-27T11:29:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:38:05 Modified Vulnerability Status updated