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CVE-2017-9040

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 2.07%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-9040
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
2.07%

Original NVD 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.