Heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library

Heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library

CVE-2017-14939 · MEDIUM Severity

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

decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.

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