CVE-2017-12453

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 2.29 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-125
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils < 2.29

Timeline

Published Aug 04, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026