CVE-2017-9040

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    CVE-2017-9040

    Published: 18 May 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.28

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High