CVE-2017-16830

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16830
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16830.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16830
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-11-15T08:29:00.470Z
Modified
2026-04-11T15:44:04.585544Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The printgnuproperty_note function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.29.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
binutils-2_29
binutils-2_29_1
gdb-4_18-branchpoint
gdb_5_2-branchpoint
gdb_5_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_0-branchpoint
gdb_6_1-branchpoint
gdb_6_2-branchpoint
gdb_6_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_4-branchpoint
gdb_6_5-branchpoint
gdb_6_6-branchpoint
gdb_6_7-branchpoint
gdb_6_8-branchpoint
gdb_7_0-branchpoint
gdb_7_1-branchpoint
gdb_7_2-branchpoint
gdb_7_3-branchpoint
gdb_7_4-branchpoint
gdb_7_5-branchpoint
gdb_7_6-branchpoint
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4
gdb-7.*
gdb-7.10-branchpoint
gdb-7.11-branchpoint
gdb-7.12-branchpoint
gdb-7.7-branchpoint
gdb-7.8-branchpoint
gdb-7.9-branchpoint
gdb-8.*
gdb-8.0-branchpoint

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16830.json"