CVE-2017-12453

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 2.29 - Out-of-bounds Read in BFD Library via Crafted VMS Alpha File

Title source: llm

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)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21813

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0149

EPSS Percentile 71.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils < 2.29

Published Aug 04, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026