id: PYSEC-2026-1538
published: "2026-07-07T16:03:17.881535Z"
modified: "2026-07-07T17:24:30.564215Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2025-15504
- GHSA-mjjp-xjfg-97wg
summary: LIEF is vulnerable to segmentation fault
details: A security flaw has been discovered in lief-project LIEF up to 0.17.1. Affected by this issue is the function Parser::parse_binary of the file src/ELF/Parser.tcc of the component ELF Binary Parser. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.17.2 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 81bd5d7ea0c390563f1c4c017c9019d154802978. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
affected:
- package:
    name: lief
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/lief
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - fixed: 0.17.2
  versions:
  - 0.10.0
  - 0.10.1
  - 0.11.0
  - 0.11.1
  - 0.11.2
  - 0.11.3
  - 0.11.4
  - 0.11.5
  - 0.12.0
  - 0.12.1
  - 0.12.2
  - 0.12.3
  - 0.13.0
  - 0.13.1
  - 0.13.2
  - 0.14.0
  - 0.14.1
  - 0.15.0
  - 0.15.1
  - 0.16.0
  - 0.16.1
  - 0.16.2
  - 0.16.3
  - 0.16.4
  - 0.16.5
  - 0.16.6
  - 0.16.7
  - 0.17.0
  - 0.17.1
  - 0.8.0
  - 0.8.1
  - 0.8.2
  - 0.8.3
  - 0.9.0
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15504
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/1277
- type: WEB
  url: "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/1277#issuecomment-3693859001"
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/81bd5d7ea0c390563f1c4c017c9019d154802978
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/releases/tag/0.17.2
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/oneafter/1210/blob/main/segv1
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.340375
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/?id.340375
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/?submit.733329
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/lief
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjjp-xjfg-97wg
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- type: CVSS_V4
  score: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P