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CVE-2017-14939

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 5.94% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-14939
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
5.94%

Original NVD Description

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.