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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2017-7614
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-cve@mitre.org
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-09 Apr, 2017 | 14:59
Updated At-13 May, 2026 | 00:24

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.09.8CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary2.07.5HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Type: Primary
Version: 3.0
Base score: 9.8
Base severity: CRITICAL
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CPE Matches

GNU
gnu
>>binutils>>2.28
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-476Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-476
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/cve@mitre.org
Exploit
Patch
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02cve@mitre.org
N/A
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Patch
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Exploit
Patch
Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/05/binutils-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-elflink-c/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Exploit
Patch
Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
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