Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9039
CVE-2017-9039
Description
GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file with many program headers, related to the get_program_headers function in readelf.c.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98580nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02nvd
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