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Vulnerability details: VCID-v9sk-15uj-67ad
Vulnerability ID VCID-v9sk-15uj-67ad
Aliases CVE-2017-14939
Summary binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in the decode_line_info
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14939.json
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14939
epss 0.02994 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
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14939
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14939
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
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101216
1500340 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500340
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
CVE-2017-14939 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14939
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14939
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14939
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 0.8649
EPSS Score 0.02994
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:28:41.976097+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14939.json 38.0.0