CVE-2017-15025
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-369
Divide By Zero
Publication date:
05/10/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025
Description
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh%3Dd8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh%3Dd8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48



