CVE-2017-12455

The evax_bfd_print_emh function in vms-alpha.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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-08-04

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

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