CVE-2017-9043

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-05-18

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=ddef72cdc10d82ba011a7ff81cafbbd3466acf54