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Vulnerability details: VCID-wb3h-8p7x-xfd2
Vulnerability ID VCID-wb3h-8p7x-xfd2
Aliases CVE-2017-16832
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-16832.json
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
epss 0.00336 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
cvssv3 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-16832.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16832
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16832
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22373
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0bb6961f18b8e832d88b490d421ca56cea16c45b
1518596 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518596
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-16832 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
GLSA-201811-17 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
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-2017-16832.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: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832
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 0.56352
EPSS Score 0.00336
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:58:42.052734+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 38.0.0