fkie_cve-2017-14940
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-09-30 01:29
Modified
2024-11-21 03:13
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fe
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fe
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu binutils 2.29


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