CVE-2017-15939
low-risk
Published 2017-10-27
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.34% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.5/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (10)
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22205
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22205
24
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal