CVE-2017-14745

7.8 HIGH
Published: September 26, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22148
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22148
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.2%
64th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

gnu