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LIN9-4308 : Security Advisory - binutils - CVE-2017-9040

Created: May 25, 2017    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 21, 2017
Found In Version: 9.0.0.6
Fix Version: 9.0.0.10
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Userspace

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9040

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