NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.28-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-403580
  • published9 Apr 2017
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7614  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 binutils to version 2.28-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.