CVE-2017-15023

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.29 - Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File in concat_filename

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Patch x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200

Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils 2.29

Published Oct 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026