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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.28-4

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.65% (80th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403590
  • published 9 Apr 2017
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2017
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Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7614 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.28-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.