VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9039

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file with many program headers, related to the get_program_headers function in readelf.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references