CVE-2017-14745

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU Binutils version 2.29

Description: The issue is related to the interpretation of a -1 value in the get synthetic symtab functions within the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library, leading to an integer overflow and potential application crash when processing a crafted ELF file. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability is associated with the elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c components. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise data integrity, and cause a denial of service using a specially crafted ELF file.

Recommendations: For GNU Binutils version 2.29, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by an integer overflow vulnerability related to the get synthetic symtab functions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.