The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, 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 elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c.
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-5274 | The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, 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 elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T19:05:20.067Z
Reserved: 2017-08-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-13757
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-08-29T23:29:00.190
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-13757
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