Security Advisory

CVE-2017-16827

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-11-15 08:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 20:35:20
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.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 (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.