CVE-2017-15025

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-369

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=d8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-divide-by-zero-in-decode_line_info-dwarf2-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22186Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=d8010d3e75ec7194a4703774090b27486b742d48

Timeline

Published: Oct 5, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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