CVE-2017-9745

HIGH

GNU Binutils 2.28 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 77.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Jun 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026