CVE - CVE-2017-14939

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-14939	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.
References
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BID:101216 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101216 EXPLOIT-DB:42970 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/ MISC:https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/ MISC:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169 MISC:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170929)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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