CVE-2017-15939
MEDIUMGNU Binutils 2.29 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in concat_filename
Title source: llmDescription
dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, 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. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22205
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=a54018b72d75abf2e74bf36016702da06399c1d9
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101613
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2017-15023/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.4%
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 27, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026