CVE-2017-15024

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-10-05

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-infinite-loop-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22187
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52a93b95ec0771c97e26f0bb28630a271a667bd2