NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.45% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-BINUTILS-403543
  • 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?

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 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.