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CVE-2017-7614
elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null p…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.7%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201709-02 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7614
- NVD: CVE-2017-7614
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