CVE-2017-16832 Information

Description

The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8