VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12449

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.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 file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references