CVE-2017-17080

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    CVE-2017-17080

    Published: 30 Nov 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421

    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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    Integrity
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