{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-h5jj-8626-gmp4",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:37:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:53:08Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9040"
  ],
  "details": "GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9040"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-18T01:29:00Z"
  }
}