Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in pe_print_idata Function of libbfd

Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in pe_print_idata Function of libbfd

CVE-2017-14529 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

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