CVE-2017-12459

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 2.29 - Out-of-bounds Write via Crafted Mach-O File

Title source: llm

Description

The bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function in bfd/mach-o.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 write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted mach-o file.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 62.2%

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-787

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils < 2.29

Published Aug 04, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026