Updated: 2026-02-27 02:31:13.466152
Description:
The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed 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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 6.8 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.8 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2025-09-18 05:23:28 | Not vulnerable: CVE-2017-9745 affects the VMS Alpha ETIR parsing routine in binutils/libbfd as shipp... | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Ignored | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 | ||
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2025-09-18 05:23:27 | Not vulnerable: CVE-2017-9745 affects the VMS Alpha ETIR parsing routine in binutils/libbfd as shipp... | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | binutils | 2.26 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2021:1635459139 | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 |