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high 7.8

CVE-2017-9042 json

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…

published 2017-05-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17982

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.29-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9042

  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9042

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • binutils SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1 +7 more 2.29.1-9.20.2
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 2.29.1-9.20.2
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 2.29.1-9.20.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

  • binutils Arch Linux 2.29.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-276

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9042 updated cvss 3.3

binutils: Invalid variable type in readelf.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils, binutils220 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 binutils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

References

Sources

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