CVE-2017-7209

medium

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.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-16245

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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