CVE-2017-15938
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 27, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 27, 2017
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).
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- GLSA-201801-01vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/
- 101610vdb-entry
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209
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