CVE-2017-9754

The process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a certain offset, 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.

Published: 2017-06-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-9754 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). EPSS rose +1.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-9754

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.08% 2.64% +1.56%
2 2026-01-22 1.03% 1.08% +0.06%
3 2025-11-21 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-9754

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-9754

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-9754

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2017-9754 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9754
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9754
suse low CVE-2017-9754 severity low: SUSE including 4 source package names (binutils, binutils-devel, binutils-devel-32bit, binutils-gold), 17 product×package rows across 10 product lines (Magnum Orchestration 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata, … (10 product lines)): Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9754/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-9754 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (binutils), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 17, ignored 2, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9754

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-9754

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils 2.28 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-9754

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99125 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21591 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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