Integer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2017-14333
Published: September 12, 2017 / Updated: February 10, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38299
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14333
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists in readelf.c within the process_version_sections function. A remote attacker can trigger integer overflow due to of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14333
Install update from vendor's website.