What is CVE-2017-8394?

CVE-2017-8394 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8394?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-8394 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in GNU Binutils

CVE-2017-8394

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy, to crash.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils — versions 2.28
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8394?: CVE-2017-8394 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8394?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8394 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.