CVE-2017-15023

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

published October 4, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02091 · 81.4th percentile
Published
2017-10-04T07:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 07:00Z
    read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate…
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