CVE-2017-9038

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.28 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.

References (4)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f32ba72991d2406b21ab17edc234a2f3fa7fb23d

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98589

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0036

EPSS Percentile 57.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (2)

gnu/binutils

n/a/n/a

Published May 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026