DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7209

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7209 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

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:13	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Mar 21, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7209 advisory

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