What is CVE-2017-14333?

CVE-2017-14333 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-14333?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in GNU Binutils

CVE-2017-14333

The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

GNU Binutils — versions 2.29

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01 (vendor-advisory)
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14333?: CVE-2017-14333 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-14333?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.