CVE-2017-16829: GNU Binutils

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

The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read 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.