CVE-2017-15022 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedOct 5
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29.90.20180122-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.29

Patches

Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8hc2-5qvv-jj67: dwarf2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-15022: dwarf2↗2017-10-05
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15022: dwarf2↗2017-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c↗2017-09-25
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Debian
CVE-2017-15022: binutils - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distribute...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15022 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c↗2017-10-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14529 CVE-2017-14729 CVE-2017-14745 CVE-2017-14930 CVE-2017-14932 CVE-2017-14933 CVE-2017-14934 CVE-2017-14938 CVE-2017-14939 CVE-2017-14940 CVE-2017-14974 CVE-2017-15020 CVE-2017-15021 CVE-2↗2017-10-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14529 CVE-2017-14729 CVE-2017-14745 CVE-2017-14930 CVE-2017-14932 CVE-2017-14933 CVE-2017-14934 CVE-2017-14938 CVE-2017-14939 CVE-2017-14940 CVE-2017-14974 CVE-2017-15020 CVE-2017-15021 CVE-2↗2017-10-06
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