CVE-2017-15021 | BDVDB-2026-91216 Detail

Description#

bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22197
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31d

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-10-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.