What is CVE-2017-14745?

CVE-2017-14745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-14745?

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

Is CVE-2017-14745 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Integer overflow in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2017-14745

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (60.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils — versions 2.29
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14745?: CVE-2017-14745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-14745?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14745 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.