CVE-2017-15022 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils 2.29, specifically within the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library's dwarf2.c. It arises from insufficient validation of DW_AT_name data types in crafted ELF files, leading to a NULL pointer dereference or out-of-bounds access and application crashes. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, but can result in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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