CVE-2017-7225

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.28

Description The issue arises from the find nearest line function in addr2line when it fails to handle the case where both the main file name and the directory name are empty. This failure leads to a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, resulting in a program crash.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider avoiding the use of the find nearest line function in addr2line until a patch is available, or apply any available configuration changes that might mitigate the risk of the NULL pointer dereference. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.