Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-15021
bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 62.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22197
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31d
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22197
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31d