NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161201-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.45% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403548
  • published22 Mar 2017
  • disclosed22 Mar 2017

Introduced: 22 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.27.51.20161201-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.