Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 59.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
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
- 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