VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9040

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 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references