CVE-2017-9040

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 - Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.1%
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-476
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.28
Published May 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026