NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2017-15022
Published: October 5, 2017 / Updated: February 10, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38138
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15022
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and parse_comp_unit.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15022
Install update from vendor's website.