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Vulnerability details: VCID-kfqh-w8qa-hkh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-kfqh-w8qa-hkh4
Aliases CVE-2017-9746
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 6.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9746.json
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
epss 0.04778 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 3.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9746.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9746
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9746
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1469608 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469608
CVE-2017-9746 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42199.txt
CVE-2017-9746 Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21580
GLSA-201801-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added June 19, 2017
Description GNU binutils - 'disassemble_bytes' Heap Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date June 19, 2017
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date June 19, 2017
Source URL https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21580
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9746.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89425
EPSS Score 0.04778
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:12:28.521763+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01 38.0.0