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 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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/ - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/ - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 -~~	() https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 -

Information

Published : 2017-04-09 14:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32

NVD link : CVE-2017-7614

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7614

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7614

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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