NULL pointer dereference and invalid write vulnerability in GNU Binutils 2.28's addr2line function

CVE-2017-7225 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.

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