vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-9040
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 18, 2017 | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 18, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Sep 2, 2025
Description
GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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