CVE-2017-7225

high

Description

The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20891

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97275

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-22

Updated: 2018-01-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High