This page lists publicly disclosed CVE vulnerabilities affecting gnu binutils (linked via NVD CPE). Each row includes severity scores, summaries, and publication dates to help identify and analyze security issues.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-15021 | bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to bfd_getl32. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 2.02% | 2017-10-04 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-15020 | dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to parse_die and parse_line_table, as demonstrated by a parse_die heap-based buffer over-read. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 2.17% | 2017-10-04 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14974 | The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 0.98% | 2017-10-01 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14940 | scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.94% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14939 | decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 5.94% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14938 | _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 2.02% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14934 | process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.24% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14933 | read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.27% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14932 | decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.29% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14930 | Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.44% | 2017-09-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14745 | The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 1.20% | 2017-09-26 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14729 | The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, do not ensure a unique PLT entry for a symbol, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 2.26% | 2017-09-25 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14529 | The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.51% | 2017-09-17 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14333 | The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because 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. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 1.21% | 2017-09-12 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14130 | The _bfd_elf_parse_attributes function in elf-attrs.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.55% | 2017-09-04 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14129 | The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.55% | 2017-09-04 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-14128 | The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.55% | 2017-09-04 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-13757 | The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the PLT section size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab in elf32-i386.c and elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab in elf64-x86-64.c. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.47% | 2017-08-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-13716 | The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). | [email protected] | 5.5 | 1.40% | 2017-08-28 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-13710 | The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 2.67% | 2017-08-27 | 2026-06-16 |