VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-15023

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…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.09%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.09% probability · 82th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Affected: gnu/binutils
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 3.7% on 21 September 2026 to 2.1% on 27 October 2026.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101611
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22200Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c361faae8d964db951b7100cada4dcdc983df1bf

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