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CVE-2017-15938
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-27T21:29:00.230 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:08:30.390

Summary

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).

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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