High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16832
CVE-2017-16832
Description
The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
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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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