Security advisory

{
  "id": "7112ae204f6f81f6d5fdd5ff82c5eaec059dcd513b17add9a2dace1c32b1da8d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15996",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-15996",
    "summary": "elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a \"buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header,\" related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-15996",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-15996",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-15996"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dd9a28c0966d13924fbd1096a724ae334954d830"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dd9a28c0966d13924fbd1096a724ae334954d830"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.29"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.29"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.29",
            "binutils-2_29"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15996.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:06.768804090Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=d91f0b20e561e326ee91a09a76206257bde8438b",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01",
        "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22361"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-15996",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441047,
  "published_at": "2017-10-29T17:29:00.203+00:00"
}