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Vulnerability details: VCID-5hee-2c1f-mkht
Vulnerability ID VCID-5hee-2c1f-mkht
Aliases CVE-2017-14939
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 6.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14939.json
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
cvssv2 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14939.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14939
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1500340 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500340
CVE-2017-14939 Exploit https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
CVE-2017-14939 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42970.txt
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 10, 2017
Description binutils 2.29.51.20170921 - 'read_1_byte' Heap Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Oct. 10, 2017
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date Oct. 11, 2017
Source URL https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14939.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85516
EPSS Score 0.02788
Published At Aug. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:43.596294+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/ 37.0.0