CVE-2017-15020
HIGHGNU Binutils - Out-of-Bounds Read
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-125
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
gnu/binutils
Timeline
Published
Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026