CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2017-9043
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.13%
Original NVD Description
readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
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