CVE-2017-16831

Updated: 2024-11-30 02:19:46.875019

Description:

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1638803819 2022-05-05 12:03:12
CentOS 7 ELS binutils 2.27 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2023:1696877581 2023-10-09 17:07:44
CentOS 8.4 ELS binutils 2.30-93 7.8 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2023-10-12 14:07:49
CentOS 8.5 ELS binutils 2.30-108 7.8 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2023-10-12 14:07:49
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released 2021-12-06 11:55:58
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1637770725 2021-11-24 13:55:47
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-11-02 21:02:48
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS binutils 2.30-21 7.8 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2023-10-11 11:07:21