CVE-2017-15938

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of…

published October 27, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.7
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, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04726 · 91.7th percentile
Published
2017-10-27T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 21:00Z
    dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of…
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