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CVE-2017-17126

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17126 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils 2.29.1, where a specially crafted ELF file lacking section headers can cause an application crash due to invalid memory access. Rated 7.8 HIGH, this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current exploitation risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.29.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 73rd 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 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-2017-17126Low

binutils: Invalid memory access in the load_debug_section function

Nov 28, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-17
Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi