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CVE-2017-9040
published 2017-05-18

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…

medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
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.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianbinutils< binutils 2.29-1 (bookworm)binutils 2.29-1 (bookworm)
gnubinutils
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29-12.29-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29-12.29-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29-12.29-1
gnubinutils>= 0 < 2.29-12.29-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM