CVE-2017-7209

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils <2.28 - Program Crash

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)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.2%
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-476
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Mar 21, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026