High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16826
CVE-2017-16826
Description
The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
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References
2- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatch
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17nvd
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