{"id":"CVE-2017-17080","details":"elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.","modified":"2026-08-28T08:19:45.409125Z","published":"2017-11-30T21:29:00.267Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94"},{"last_affected":"90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.29.1"},{"last_affected":"2.29.1"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["2.29.1","binutils-2_29_1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17080.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}