Is CVE-2017-14974 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14974 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14974?

CVE-2017-14974 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14974?

CVE-2017-14974 has an EPSS score of 0.98% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14974?

Upgrade binutils on debian 11 to 2.29.1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14974

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.29.1-2CVE-2017-14974

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

Other references1

sourceware.org

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CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.