CVE-2017-7209

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Corrupt Binary in readelf

Title source: llm

Description

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

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

Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0031

EPSS Percentile 54.6%

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 2.28

Published Mar 21, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026