VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15025
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.76%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
- 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
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-369
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=d8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=d8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.