VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9043

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.13%
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:H/I:H/A:H

Description

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references