VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12459

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.88%
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_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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references