CVE-2017-9753: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure, which 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.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.28 only

Published 2017-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.