CVE-2017-12799

HIGH

GNU Binutils - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 51.7%
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-119
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Aug 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026