VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9041

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.92%
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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references