VDB
CVE-2017-15023
CVE-2017-15023
REJECTED
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.
EPSS 0.49% · 65.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.49%
65.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | binutils | 0, 2.29.1-4ubuntu1, 2.29.1-6ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 101611 (circl)
- GLSA-201801-01 (circl)
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf (circl)
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200 (circl)
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/ (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 4, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15023 third-party-advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15023 third-party-advisory