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CVE-2017-9038

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Date: May 17, 2017

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 the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98589
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9038
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f32ba72991d2406b21ab17edc234a2f3fa7fb23d
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9038
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9038
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9038
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9038

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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