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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-18T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:21.834Z

Reserved: 2017-05-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-18T01:29:01.940

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:50:35.413

Link: CVE-2017-9040

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9040 - Bugzilla