CVE-2017-13710: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The setup_group function in elf.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29 only

Published 2017-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.