5.5
CVE-2017-14940
- EPSS 1.94%
- Veröffentlicht 30.09.2017 01:29:02
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 13.05.2026 00:24:29
- Quelle cve@mitre.org
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scan_unit_for_symbols 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 1.94% | 0.775 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
| nvd@nist.gov | 4.3 | 8.6 | 2.9 |
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fe