CVE-2017-7225

HIGH

GNU Binutils 2.28 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.3%
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-476
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Mar 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026