CVE-2017-7614 Information

Description

elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a \member access within null pointer\ undefined behavior issue which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an \int main() return 0;\ program.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8