Fixed
Created: Nov 30, 2017
Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jun 7, 2018
Found In Version: 6.0.0.35
Fix Version: 6.0.0.37
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace
coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16831
