CVE-2017-14940

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References (3)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fe

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 61.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026