CVE-2017-7224 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via a crash in objdump by providing a corrupt binary with an empty function name.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7224?
CVE-2017-7224 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 22 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that contains an empty function name, leading to a program crash.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7224?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Binutils.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7224?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-7224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7224 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7224, GHSA-hv82-8jpj-334w, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7224.