CVE-2017-17123

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p74

Published

Dec 4, 2017 (Dec 4, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF based file.

Vendors: gnu
Products: binutils
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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