CVE-2017-14333: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29 only

Published 2017-09-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.