Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions [,2.29]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368470
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for binutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation find_abstract_instance_name 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 (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Scores

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