Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-17121
Potential exploit
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-17121
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-17121
0.89%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 82 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-17121
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST | |
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-17121
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-17121
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b23dc97fe237a1d9e850d7cbeee066183a00630b
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commitPatch
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17) — Gentoo security
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22506
22506 – Segmentation fault in coff_i386_relocExploit;Issue Tracking
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