CVE-2017-7225 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.27.51.20161201-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.28

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6g78-2pwj-3gvj: The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-7225: The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-22
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OSV
CVE-2017-7225: The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2↗2017-03-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Debian
CVE-2017-7225: binutils - The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle...↗2017
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Red Hat
binutils: Null pointer dereference and invalid write in find_nearest_line function in addr2line↗2016-12-01
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7225 binutils: Null pointer dereference and invalid write in find_nearest_line function in addr2line↗2017-03-23
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