Vulnerability CVE-2017-15225
Published: 2017-10-10   Modified: 2017-10-11

Description:
_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info 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 (memory leak) via a crafted ELF file.

Type:

CWE-772

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Binutils 

 References:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22212
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b55ec8b676ed05d93ee49d6c79ae0403616c4fb0
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