CVE-2017-15025 — Divide By Zero in Binutils

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero8 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

decode_line_info 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 (divide-by-zero error 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-qx67-f44j-4wq4: decode_line_info in dwarf2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-15025: decode_line_info in dwarf2↗2017-10-05
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15025: decode_line_info 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: Divide-by-zero in decode_line_info↗2017-09-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-15025: binutils - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka li...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15025 binutils: Divide-by-zero in decode_line_info↗2017-10-10
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