CVE-2017-15938

Description

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209

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

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101610

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3