NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-BINUTILS-403491
  • published21 Mar 2017
  • disclosed21 Mar 2017

Introduced: 21 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:12.04 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.