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CVE-2017-15023
published 2017-10-05

CVE-2017-15023: 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…

medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
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

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianbinutils< binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)
debianbinutils
gnubinutils
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29.90.20180122-12.29.90.20180122-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM