Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 4, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17123
CVE-2017-17123
Description
The coff_slurp_reloc_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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF based file.
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Affected products
3- Range: = 2.29.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17nvd
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