{"id":"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.","modified":"2026-05-18T09:05:41.985271Z","published":"2017-11-15T08:29:00.437Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2","SUSE-SU-2023:2485-1","SUSE-SU-2024:0319-1","SUSE-SU-2024:0898-1","SUSE-SU-2024:0899-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:12745-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22307"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.29.1"}],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["binutils-2_29_1","binutils-2_29","gdb-8.0-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4","gdb-7.12-branchpoint","gdb-7.11-branchpoint","gdb-7.10-branchpoint","gdb-7.9-branchpoint","gdb-7.8-branchpoint","gdb-7.7-branchpoint","gdb_7_6-branchpoint","gdb_7_5-branchpoint","gdb_7_4-branchpoint","gdb_7_3-branchpoint","gdb_7_2-branchpoint","gdb_7_1-branchpoint","gdb_7_0-branchpoint","gdb_6_8-branchpoint","gdb_6_7-branchpoint","gdb_6_6-branchpoint","gdb_6_5-branchpoint","gdb_6_4-branchpoint","gdb_6_3-branchpoint","gdb_6_2-branchpoint","gdb_6_1-branchpoint","gdb_6_0-branchpoint","gdb_5_3-branchpoint","gdb_5_2-branchpoint","gdb-4_18-branchpoint"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16829.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:H/I:H/A:H"}]}