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CVE-2017-16831
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-15T08:29:00.500 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:09:59.290

Summary

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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