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CVE-2017-9755

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9755 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Binutils 2.28, specifically within the opcodes/i386-dis.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other impacts by providing a specially crafted binary file, for instance, when processed by "objdump -D". With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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
2.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0294 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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-2017-9755Low

binutils: Global buffer over-read in opcodes/i386-dis.c while checking invalid registers

Jul 11, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-01
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry