5.5

CVE-2017-15939: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15939
Published 27-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15939 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5
MGASA-2019-0169OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.72% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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