CVE-2017-15225

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.29 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in BFD Library

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22212

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

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.29
Published Oct 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026