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CVE-2017-16831

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.79%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-16831
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.79%

Original NVD Description

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.