The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-04T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:59.799Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-17124

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-04T08:29:00.577

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:41:10.843

Link: CVE-2017-17124

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-17124 - Bugzilla