CVE-2017-9039

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnu Binutils

PublishedMay 18, 2017

First seenMay 18, 2017

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnu binutils	2.28	—

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