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CVE-2017-17124

Fixed in a distro release EPSS 2%

The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.

Published 2017-12-04 · CVE record · OSV

Products: gnu binutils

Distro releases

ReleasePackageFixed in
Arch Linuxbinutils2.30-1
Debian 12binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
Debian 13binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
Debian 14binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTSbinutilsno fix
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTSbinutils2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1