UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14934

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14934
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14934.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14934
Upstream
Published
2017-09-30T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:27Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

processdebuginfo 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-static"
        }
    ]
}