CVE-2017-16826: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29.1 only

Published 2017-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.