CVE-2017-15225: GNU Binutils

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29 only

Published 2017-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.