CVE-2017-12457

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 2.29 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a crafted file.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.0%
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-476
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils < 2.29

Timeline

Published Aug 04, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026