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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:05.870Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-15939

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-27T21:29:00.277

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:40:26.027

Link: CVE-2017-15939

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15939 - Bugzilla