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CVE-2017-15022

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Published: Oct 5, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils
Gnu
1 product
Binutils
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Binutils
Version 2.29

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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