{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-rpgg-426j-hqcx",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:48:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:56:34Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16829"
  ],
  "details": "The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16829"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22307"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-11-15T08:29:00Z"
  }
}