CVE-2017-16831

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    CVE-2017-16831

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=6cee897971d4d7cd37d2a686bb6d2aa3e759c8ca, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22385

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.29.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High