CVE-2017-7209

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-7209

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-03-21T06:59:00

Last Modified Date
2018-01-09T02:29:07

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:2.28:::::::*	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/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7209
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7209

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:58:34	2017-03-21T06:59Z	2017-03-21T06:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:58:34		2018-01-09T02:29:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:58:34		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated