THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-15938
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-15938

Binutils vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Binutils
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-10-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-15938

  • Confirm whether Gnu Binutils is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-15938.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2017-15938

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2017-15938 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2017-15938?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2017-15938.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

HIGH
CVE-2003-1283
Kazaa Media Desktop vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2003-1286
Sambar Server vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2003-1313
Mailing List Manager vulnerability