CVE-2017-17124

Current Description

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.

Basic Data

Published	December 04, 2017
Last Modified	November 27, 2018
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	CWE-119
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	NETWORK
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	MEDIUM
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	PARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	PARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Base Score	6.8
Severity	MEDIUM
Exploitability Score	8.6
Impact Score	6.4
Obtain All Privilege	false
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

CVSS 3 - Version	3.0
CVSS 3 - Vector String	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3 - Attack Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 3 - Attack Complexity	LOW
CVSS 3 - Privileges Required	NONE
CVSS 3 - User Interaction	REQUIRED
CVSS 3 - Scope	UNCHANGED
CVSS 3 - Confidentiality Impact	HIGH
CVSS 3 - Integrity Impact	HIGH
CVSS 3 - Availability Impact	HIGH
CVSS 3 - Base Score	7.8
CVSS 3 - Base Severity	HIGH
Exploitability Score	1.8
Base Severity	HIGH

Configurations

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.29.1

References