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CVE-2017-14333

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14333 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the process_version_sections function of GNU Binutils 2.29, affecting the readelf utility. An attacker can trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts by providing a crafted binary file with invalid version entry values. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14333Low

binutils: Insuficient input validation in process_version_sections function in readelf.c

Aug 29, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
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