DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17124
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124
Upstream
Published
2017-12-04T08:29:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T16:04:22Z
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 _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124.json"

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124.json"

Debian:14 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17124.json"