CVE-2017-14745 Integer overflow in n/a

High 7.8 Published 26 Sep 2017 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted ELF files due to integer overflow in the BFD library's synthetic symbol table processing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-14745?

CVE-2017-14745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 26 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14745?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Binutils.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14745?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-14745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14745, GHSA-448h-8rg5-xxvg.