CVE-2017-15020

dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to…

published October 4, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to parse_die and parse_line_table, as demonstrated by a parse_die heap-based buffer over-read.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02165 · 82.1th percentile
Published
2017-10-04T07:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 07:00Z
    dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to…
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