CVE-2017-15025 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd), specifically within the decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c. This flaw, present in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows a remote attacker to trigger a divide-by-zero error and application crash by providing a specially crafted ELF file. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. While it can crash the application, there is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention of a patch on GitHub, and there has been no media coverage.
| 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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