7.8

CVE-2017-9042: gnu binutils Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9042DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9042
Published 18-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9042 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.06%
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

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.06% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.06%

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

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.29-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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