CVE-2017-9039: GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file with many program headers, related to the…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.07%

79.4th percentile

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file with many program headers, related to the get_program_headers function in readelf.c.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	binutils	< binutils 2.28-6 (bookworm)	binutils 2.28-6 (bookworm)
gnu	binutils	—	—
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.28-6	2.28-6
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.28-6	2.28-6
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.28-6	2.28-6
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.28-6	2.28-6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5LOW

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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