CVE-2017-9042

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-704

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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