CVE-2017-9042
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
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 | 2.29-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.29-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.29-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.29-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.29-1 |
| arch | fixed | 2.29.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | 2.28 | |
References
- 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=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9042
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9042.html
CWEs
CWE-704
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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