Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-17126
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 57.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22510
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f425ec6600b69e39eb605f3128806ff688137ea8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22510
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f425ec6600b69e39eb605f3128806ff688137ea8