Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9040
CVE-2017-9040
Description
GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.29.1-9.20.2+ 13 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02nvd
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