CVE-2017-15938

HIGH

GNU Binutils - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

References (5)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101610

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0066

EPSS Percentile 70.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Oct 27, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026