Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-9753
The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.01
EPSS Ranking 76.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
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