{"id":"CVE-2017-15938","details":"dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).","modified":"2026-07-08T15:10:39.571870Z","published":"2017-10-27T21:29:00.230Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2","openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101610"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"dd9a28c0966d13924fbd1096a724ae334954d830"},{"last_affected":"dd9a28c0966d13924fbd1096a724ae334954d830"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.29"},{"last_affected":"2.29"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["2.29","binutils-2_29"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15938.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}