DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15023

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15023 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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 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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15023 advisory

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