CVE-2017-15938

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    CVE-2017-15938

    Published: 27 Oct 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101610, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- dd9a28c0966d13924fbd1096a724ae334954d830
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.29

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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