CVE-2017-16829

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    CVE-2017-16829

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

    References: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22307

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.29.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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