CVE-2017-9751 — 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
1.2%
top 21.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedJun 19
Latest updateMay 14

Description

opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an unbounded GETBYTE macro, which 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

Affected Packages2 packages

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

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v2jw-5m4q-hj28: opcodes/rl78-decode↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-9751: opcodes/rl78-decode↗2017-06-19
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OSV
CVE-2017-9751: opcodes/rl78-decode↗2017-06-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Stack-based buffer over-read in opcodes/rl78-decode.opc when disassembling a corrupt RL78 binary↗2017-07-11
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Debian
CVE-2017-9751: binutils - opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an unbounded GETBYTE macro, whi...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9751 mingw-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in opcodes/rl78-decode.opc [epel-all]↗2017-07-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9751 binutils: stack overflow in opcodes/rl78-decode.opc [fedora-all]↗2017-07-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9751 binutils: Stack-based buffer over-read in opcodes/rl78-decode.opc when disassembling a corrupt RL78 binary↗2017-07-11
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