CVE-2017-7209

binutils: Null pointer dereference in dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 13, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference