CVE-2017-9043 | BDVDB-2026-85564 Detail

Description#

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned 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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=ddef72cdc10d82ba011a7ff81cafbbd3466acf54
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591
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.