CVE-2017-9040

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - DoS

Title source: llm

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)

[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=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 64.5%

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 (2)

gnu/binutils

n/a/n/a

Published May 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026