CVE-2017-9043 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/ https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ddef72cdc10d82ba011a7ff81cafbbd3466acf54

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8