{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14934","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:17:10.120452Z","published":"2017-09-30T01:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-14934"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14934"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14934"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1","2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu1","2.24-2ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu3","2.24-4ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu2","2.24-5ubuntu3","2.24-5ubuntu3.1","2.24-5ubuntu13","2.24-5ubuntu14","2.24-5ubuntu14.1","2.24-5ubuntu14.2","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8","binary_name":"binutils"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8","binary_name":"binutils-multiarch"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8","binary_name":"binutils-source"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8","binary_name":"binutils-static"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14934.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}