Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-14974
The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-14974
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-14974
0.10%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 25 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-14974
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST | |
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5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
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3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-14974
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-14974
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163
22163 – null pointer dereference in elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab, elf64-x86-64.c:6945 in binutils 2.29.1Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e70c19e3a4c26e9c1ebf0c9170d105039b56d7cf
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commitIssue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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