CVE-2017-17123: GNU Binutils

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The coff_slurp_reloc_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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF based file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29.1 only

Published 2017-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.