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CVE-2017-7614

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2017-7614
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.76%

Original NVD Description

elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.

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