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CVE-2017-15938
published 2017-10-27

CVE-2017-15938: dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of…

high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianbinutils< binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)binutils 2.29.90.20180122-1 (bookworm)
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

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH