Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in _bfd_elf_parse_attributes Function

CVE-2017-14130 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The _bfd_elf_parse_attributes function in elf-attrs.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

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