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CVE-2017-9040

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 18, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9040
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
BinutilsGnu2.28 (including)2.28 (including)
BinutilsUbuntuartful*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
BinutilsUbuntuprecise/esm*
BinutilsUbuntutrusty*
BinutilsUbuntutrusty/esm*
BinutilsUbuntuupstream*
BinutilsUbuntuxenial*
BinutilsUbuntuyakkety*
BinutilsUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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