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CVE-2017-16829 json

The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in…

published 2017-11-15 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8004

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.29.90.20180122-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16829

  • gdb SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 13.2-150100.8.39.1
  • gdb SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 +3 more 13.2-150400.15.14.1
  • gdb-testresults openSUSE Leap 15.5 13.2-150400.15.14.4
  • gdb SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 13.2-2.23.1
  • gdb SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 12.1-2.20.1
  • binutils SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLED 12 SP3 +9 more 2.31-9.26.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 2.31-9.26.1
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 2.31-9.26.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0899-1SUSE-SU-2024:0898-1SUSE-SU-2024:0319-1SUSE-SU-2023:2485-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.37-1.3
  • gdb openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.1-6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12745-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-16829 updated cvss 3.3

binutils: Out-of-bounds read in the _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils, binutils220 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 binutils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22307 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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