CVE-2017-15938

Description

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.658

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-debuginfo-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) binutils-debugsource-2.31-9.26.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234