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CVE-2017-9042

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Published: May 18, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9042
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a cannot be represented in type 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.

Weakness

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Binutils Gnu 2.28 (including) 2.28 (including)
Binutils Ubuntu artful *
Binutils Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Binutils Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Binutils Ubuntu precise/esm *
Binutils Ubuntu trusty *
Binutils Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Binutils Ubuntu upstream *
Binutils Ubuntu xenial *
Binutils Ubuntu yakkety *
Binutils Ubuntu zesty *

References

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