CVE-2017-7614
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (7)
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- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4254/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2483cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02enisa_euvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/ExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02nvd
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