Description
elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.
Published: 2017-04-09
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16619 elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:26.894Z

Reserved: 2017-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7614

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-09T14:59:00.870

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7614

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7614 - Bugzilla

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