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CVE-2017-9749

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9749 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Binutils 2.28, specifically within the *regs* macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c. This flaw can be triggered by processing a crafted binary file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts when using tools like "objdump -D". It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with local access, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking widespread community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-42201) exists, demonstrating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42201 · Jun 19, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0851 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9749Low

binutils: Global buffer over-read in *regs* macros when disassembling corrupt bfin binary

Jul 11, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42201
securityfocus.com / bid/99113
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry