Description
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 (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.
Published: 2017-12-04
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8287 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 (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00351}

epss

{'score': 0.00367}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:59.918Z

Reserved: 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17121

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-04T08:29:00.483

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17121

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-11-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17121 - Bugzilla

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