CVE-2017-8392

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line function

Published May 1, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 8 because of missing a check to determine whether symbols are NULL in the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17344 The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 8 because of missing a check to determine whether symbols are NULL in the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved
May 1, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 1, 2017, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 22, 2017, 12:00 AM