CVE-2017-15024 — Infinite Loop in Binutils

CWE-835 — Infinite LoopCWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedOct 5
Latest updateMay 13

Description

find_abstract_instance_name 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 (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

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-9wm5-v79h-43g8: find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-15024: find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2↗2017-10-05
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15024: find_abstract_instance_name in 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: Infinite recursion in find_abstract_instance_name↗2017-09-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-15024: binutils - find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) libr...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15024 binutils: Infinite recursion in find_abstract_instance_name↗2017-10-10
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