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CVE-2017-9743

Published: 19 June 2017

The print_insn_score32 function in opcodes/score7-dis.c:552 in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
according to comments in the bug report related to this CVE (21577),
the fix for this issue was released together with a fix for a
previously reported bug, which seems to be the one presented in bug
21576. This bug is related to CVE-2017-9742 which indicates that the
fix for CVE-2017-9743 is most likely included as well in the patch for
CVE-2017-9742.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.31.1-6ubuntu1.1)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.32-7ubuntu4)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.32-8ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.34-6ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.34-6ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.36.1-6ubuntu1)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.37-7ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.38-2ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.38-2ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.38-2ubuntu1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.38-2ubuntu1)
trusty Needed

upstream
Released (2.29)
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H