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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98591

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ddef72cdc10d82ba011a7ff81cafbbd3466acf54

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3