CVE-2017-15023
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-15023 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-10-05 01:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:39:00 UTC |
| Description | read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-476
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit | MISC | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-01) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| binutils: NULL pointer dereference in concat_filename (dwarf2.c) | agostino's blog | MISC | blogs.gentoo.org | Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| 22200 – NULL pointer dereference in concat_filename (dwarf2.c) | MISC | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| GNU Binutils CVE-2017-15023 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit | sourceware.org | ||
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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