NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in libbfd's coff_slurp_reloc_table Function

CVE-2017-17123 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF based file.

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