DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15022

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15022
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15022.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15022
Upstream
Published
2017-10-05T01:29:06Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:34Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DWATname data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfdhashhash NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to scanunitforsymbols and parsecomp_unit.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}