CVE-2017-9745 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 19
Latest updateMay 17
Description
The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9