DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9040

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9040 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 18, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9040 advisory

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