{"id":"CVE-2017-9040","details":"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.","modified":"2026-08-28T14:01:32.550277Z","published":"2017-05-18T01:29:01.940Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf"},{"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":"7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7"},{"last_affected":"7fa393306ed8b93019d225548474c0540b8928f7"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.28"},{"last_affected":"2.28"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["2.28","binutils-2_28"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9040.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}