NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in scan_unit_for_symbols in libbfd

CVE-2017-14940 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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