CVE-2017-9040

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-05-18 01:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-05-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bef66ad1d9ec7e7baeb4de249651b835882ad8d3c6efc7ed606ef9016c0c7a4b

• www.securityfocus.com98579http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98579vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cfx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/x_refsource_MISC