{"id":"CVE-2017-16828","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16828","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:25.136Z","title":"The display_debug_frames function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted…","description":"The display_debug_frames function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to print_debug_frame.","published":"2017-11-15T08:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["gnu/binutils"],"epss":{"score":0.01784,"percentile":0.78174,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02874,"percentile":0.86145},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01792,"percentile":0.77416}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22386","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bf59c5d5f4f5b8b4da1f5f605cfa546f8029b43d","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22386","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bf59c5d5f4f5b8b4da1f5f605cfa546f8029b43d","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16828","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."}