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CVE-2017-14938
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-30T01:29:02.617 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:07:00.933

Summary

_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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