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CVE-2017-13710

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13710 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the GNU Binutils library (libbfd) versions 2.29 and earlier. It allows remote attackers to crash an application via a crafted binary file containing a malformed group section, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in the setup_group function. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to the CISA KEV catalog, nor is there significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-13710Low

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the setup_group function

Aug 14, 2017

References

sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi
securityfocus.com / bid/100499