CVE-2017-16827

high

Description

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free 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=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-15

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High