CVE-ID |
CVE-2017-9040
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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Description |
GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
MITRE Corporation |
Date Record Created |
20170517 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20170517) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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