VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9042

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability2.06%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-05-18

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.