CVE-2017-9042: readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

PriorityP429high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.06%

79.4th percentile

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	binutils	< binutils 2.29-1 (bookworm)	binutils 2.29-1 (bookworm)
gnu	binutils	—	—
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.29-1	2.29-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.29-1	2.29-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.29-1	2.29-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.29-1	2.29-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8LOW

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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