CVE-2017-9040 | BDVDB-2026-85561 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

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/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-05-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.