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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15022

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15022 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and parse_comp_unit.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

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

Timeline

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