GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9954 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability



GNU Binutils is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code execution may be possible but this has not been confirmed.

GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Information

Bugtraq ID: 99307
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2017-9954

Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 28 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 28 2017 12:00AM
Credit: OWL337
Vulnerable: GNU Binutils 2.28


Not Vulnerable:

Exploit


The researcher who discovered this issue has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.


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