High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9043
CVE-2017-9043
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
2- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591nvd
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