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CVE-2017-15939

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15939 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils 2.29, specifically within the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library's handling of .debug_line file tables. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a crafted ELF file, requiring local access and user interaction. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this flaw is an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15939Low

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the concat_filename

Sep 25, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/10/24/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2017-15023
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi
securityfocus.com / bid/101613