CVE-2017-15225 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Binutils

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_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 (memory leak) 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: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4979-fm5g-x49q: _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-15225: _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2↗2017-10-10
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15225: _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2↗2017-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Memory leak in _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info↗2017-09-26
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Debian
CVE-2017-15225: binutils - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) l...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15225 binutils: Memory leak in _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info↗2017-10-11
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