Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU Binutils 2.29.1

CVE-2017-17126 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The load_debug_section function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ELF file that lacks section headers.

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