CVE-2017-7614
CRITICALGNU Binutils 2.28 - Null Pointer Dereference in elflink.c
Title source: llmDescription
elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
62.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.28
Published
Apr 09, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026