CVE-2017-16827: GNU Binutils

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

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.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 (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29.1 only

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