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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15020

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15020 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:14binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:11binutils0, 0, 0
Debian:13binutils0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 5, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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