CVE-2017-9042

Published: May 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type 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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

Gnu

1 product

Binutils

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.28

Related CWEs

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

References (6)

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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