CVE-2017-9040 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMay 18
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.28

Patches

Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-h5jj-8626-gmp4: GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-9040: GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_↗2017-05-18
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OSV
CVE-2017-9040: GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_↗2017-05-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the process_mips_specific_function↗2017-05-12
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Debian
CVE-2017-9040: binutils - GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NU...↗2017
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9040 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in the process_mips_specific_function↗2017-05-18
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