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CVE-2017-7225

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7225 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the find_nearest_line function of GNU Binutils 2.28's addr2line utility, leading to a program crash when handling empty file and directory names. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high availability impact. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability could lead to denial of service.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2017-7225Low

binutils: Null pointer dereference and invalid write in find_nearest_line function in addr2line

Dec 1, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/97275