CVE-2017-9041

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.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c4ab9505b53cdc899506ed421fddb7e1f8faf7a3

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=75ec1fdbb797a389e4fe4aaf2e15358a070dcc19

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98598

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3