CVE-2017-9751

HIGH

GNU Binutils 2.28 - Denial of Service via Crafted Binary File in rl78-decode.opc

Title source: llm

Description

opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an unbounded GETBYTE macro, which 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 (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99111

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21588

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0119

EPSS Percentile 79.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils 2.28

Published Jun 19, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026