CVE-2017-15022

Description

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

How to fix CVE-2017-15022

To remediate CVE-2017-15022, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 2.29.90.20180122-1 or later

Is CVE-2017-15022 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.29.90.20180122-1

CVSS scores

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15022