CVE-2017-9954

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9954
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-26T23:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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: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=21670 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99307
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9954
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:30:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 18:06:11 2017-06-26T23:29Z 2017-06-26T23:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 18:06:11 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 18:06:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated