CVE-2017-9043

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9043
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-18T01:29:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-05-25T01:29:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ddef72cdc10d82ba011a7ff81cafbbd3466acf54 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9043
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9043
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:42:41 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:00:56 2017-05-18T01:29Z 2017-05-18T01:29:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:00:56 2017-05-25T01:29:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:00:56 Modified Vulnerability Status updated