CVE-2017-14938 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via excessive memory allocation and application crash by providing a crafted ELF file to the BFD library.
- 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-2017-14938?
CVE-2017-14938 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 29 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
_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.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Binutils.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14938?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14938, GHSA-c8pg-54qm-xhrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14938.