CVE-2017-15023

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

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

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.29

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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