CVE-2017-16829 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd), specifically within the _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function, affecting GNU Binutils version 2.29.1. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious ELF file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.29.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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