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Vulnerability details: VCID-qr7c-w9sa-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-qr7c-w9sa-aaag
Aliases CVE-2017-9954
Summary The getvalue function in tekhex.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 (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-9954.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469752
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9954
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-9954.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9954.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9954
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9954
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21670
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99307
1469752 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469752
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-9954 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
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-2017-9954.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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9954
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 0.2688
EPSS Score 0.00113
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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