Shift Exponent Too Large Vulnerability in readelf.c

CVE-2017-9043 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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