{"id":"CVE-2017-14933","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14933","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:46.717Z","title":"read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file.","description":"read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file.","published":"2017-09-30T01:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["gnu/binutils"],"epss":{"score":0.01275,"percentile":0.69783,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101203","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22210","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=30d0157a2ad64e64e5ff9fcc0dbe78a3e682f573","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=33e0a9a056bd23e923b929a4f2ab049ade0b1c32","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101203","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22210","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=30d0157a2ad64e64e5ff9fcc0dbe78a3e682f573","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=33e0a9a056bd23e923b929a4f2ab049ade0b1c32","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14933","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}