CVE-2017-15939

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table…

published October 27, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.3
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, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, 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. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01721 · 77.3th 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, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table…
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