CVE-2017-17124 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils 2.29.1. The flaw lies in the _bfd_coff_read_string_table function within the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library, which fails to properly validate the size of the external string table in COFF binaries. This allows remote attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption or a heap-based buffer overflow, leading to application crashes. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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