cve/2017/CVE-2017-14940.md

CVE-2017-14940

Description

scan_unit_for_symbols 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

POC

Reference

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-scan_unit_for_symbols-dwarf2-c/

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list