High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16828
CVE-2017-16828
Description
The display_debug_frames function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to print_debug_frame.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.37-1.3+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatch
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17nvd
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