CVE-2017-9039
N/A
Published: May 18, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file with many program headers, related to the get_program_headers function in readelf.c.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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