UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14128

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14128

    Published: 4 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14128
    Aliases:
    USN-4336-2

    Summary:

    Details: The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14128, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22059, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e8b60085eb3e6f2c41bc0c00c0d759fa7f72780, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14128

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
    2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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