CVE-2017-9041
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.28-6 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.28-6 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.28-6 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.28-6 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.28-6 |
| arch | fixed | 2.29.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | 2.28 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98598
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=75ec1fdbb797a389e4fe4aaf2e15358a070dcc19
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c4ab9505b53cdc899506ed421fddb7e1f8faf7a3
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9041
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9041.html
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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