CVE-2017-9038

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile

Published

2017-05-18

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• SoK-Vul4C/SoK20★ · 2026-02-06

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-9037
• CVE-2017-9045
• CVE-2017-9036
• CVE-2017-9046
• CVE-2017-9035
• CVE-2017-9047