CVE-2017-7209

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

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-476

Affected software

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135Issue Tracking, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135Issue Tracking, Patch

Timeline

Published: Mar 21, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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