CVE-2017-15939

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the concat_filename

Published Oct 27, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7355 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:13 PM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 27, 2017, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:08 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 25, 2017, 12:00 AM