CVE-2017-9043

binutils: Shift exponent too large for type unsigned long in readelf.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 12, 2017

Updated · March 5, 2026

Description

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned 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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE not specified