CVE-2017-9041

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.28

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, by providing a crafted ELF file. This is related to the mishandling of MIPS GOT in the process mips specific function in readelf.c.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the denial of service vulnerability related to the process mips specific function in readelf.c.