CVE - CVE-2017-9040

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-9040	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:98579 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579 GENTOO:GLSA-201709-02 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02 MISC:https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/ MISC:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170517	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170517)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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