CVE-2017-15022

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which…

published October 4, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and parse_comp_unit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02017 · 80.6th percentile
Published
2017-10-04T07:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 07:00Z
    dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which…
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