Memory Leak Vulnerability in BFD Library Allows Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File

CVE-2017-15225 · MEDIUM Severity

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

_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info 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 (memory leak) via a crafted ELF file.

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