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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-27T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:05.933Z

Reserved: 2017-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15938

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-27T21:29:00.230

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:40:25.970

Link: CVE-2017-15938

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15938 - Bugzilla