CVE-2017-14940
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
scan_unit_for_symbols 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
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affected products (7)
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references (8)
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- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2483cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/Patchcnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068feenisa_euvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fenvd
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