VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7209

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references