Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2017-14129
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.55%
Original Filing — NVD Description
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.