Denial of Service Vulnerability in libbfd's process_debug_info Function

CVE-2017-14934 · MEDIUM Severity

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

process_debug_info in dwarf.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 (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.

Learn more about our Web Application Penetration Testing UK.