CVE-2017-15023

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-15023
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-05T01:29:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-09T02:29:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15023
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15023
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:41:35 2017-10-05T01:29Z 2017-10-05T01:29:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:41:35 2018-01-09T02:29:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:41:35 Modified Vulnerability Status updated