CVE-2017-15020 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-15020 PUBLISHED

dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to parse_die and parse_line_table, as demonstrated by a parse_die heap-based buffer over-read.

EPSS 0.14% · 34.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

34.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8, 2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1

Timeline

Oct 4, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15020 third-party-advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parse_die-dwarf1-c/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15020 third-party-advisory

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