VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12967

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a malformed tekhex binary.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references