CVE-2017-9038
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-9038
To remediate CVE-2017-9038, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.28-r3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.28-6 or later
Is CVE-2017-9038 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.28-r3
- from 0, < 2.28-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |