CVE-2017-9746

moderate-risk

Published 2017-06-19

The disassemble_bytes function in objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of rae insns printing for this file during "objdump -D" execution.

Do I need to act?

4.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

42199

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Binutils

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99117

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21580

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42199/

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99117

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21580

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42199/

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal