Medium severity · published May 18, 2017
CVE-2017-9038
GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the…
5.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9038
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98589
Patch
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f32ba72991d2406b21ab17edc234a2f3fa7fb23d
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