CVE-2017-14529 Information

Description

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 mishandles HintName vector entries which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file related to the bfd_getl16 function.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22113 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5