{"id":"CVE-2017-9038","details":"GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:28.921523830Z","published":"2017-05-18T01:29:01.877Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98589"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=f32ba72991d2406b21ab17edc234a2f3fa7fb23d"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.28"}]}}],"versions":["binutils-2_28","gdb-4_18-branchpoint","gdb-7.10-branchpoint","gdb-7.11-branchpoint","gdb-7.12-branchpoint","gdb-7.7-branchpoint","gdb-7.8-branchpoint","gdb-7.9-branchpoint","gdb_5_2-branchpoint","gdb_5_3-branchpoint","gdb_6_0-branchpoint","gdb_6_1-branchpoint","gdb_6_2-branchpoint","gdb_6_3-branchpoint","gdb_6_4-branchpoint","gdb_6_5-branchpoint","gdb_6_6-branchpoint","gdb_6_7-branchpoint","gdb_6_8-branchpoint","gdb_7_0-branchpoint","gdb_7_1-branchpoint","gdb_7_2-branchpoint","gdb_7_3-branchpoint","gdb_7_4-branchpoint","gdb_7_5-branchpoint","gdb_7_6-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-2_28-branch-2017q1","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9038.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}