5.5

CVE-2017-9038: gnu binutils Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-9038UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9038DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9038
Published 18-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9038 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2019-0169SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • binutils< 2.28-r3
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.28-6
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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