CVE-2017-15225

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

Description

_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info 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 (memory leak) via a crafted ELF file.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 45.2%
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-772
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Oct 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026