binutils: NULL pointer dereference in swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h resulting in crash

The swapstdrelocin function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service aout32swapstdrelocout NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by...

Denial of service vulnerability in GNU binutils 'swap_std_reloc_in' function

GNU Binutils a.k.a. GNU Binary Utilities or binutils is a set of programming language utilities developed by the GNU Project to work with object files in a variety of formats, with connectors, assemblers, and other tools for object files and archives.The Binary File Descriptor BFD library a.k.a...