CVE-2017-12449 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedAug 4
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.29-8+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.29

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w3f7-w4mx-gc6c: The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-12449: The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc↗2017-08-04
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OSV
CVE-2017-12449: The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc↗2017-08-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: out of bounds heap read in _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function↗2017-07-26
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Debian
CVE-2017-12449: binutils - The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descrip...↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12449 binutils: out of bounds heap read in _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function↗2017-08-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12448 CVE-2017-12449 CVE-2017-12450 CVE-2017-12451 CVE-2017-12452 CVE-2017-12453 CVE-2017-12454 CVE-2017-12455 CVE-2017-12456 CVE-2017-12457 CVE-2017-12458 CVE-2017-12459 CVE-2017-13710 CVE-2↗2017-08-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12448 CVE-2017-12449 CVE-2017-12450 CVE-2017-12451 CVE-2017-12452 CVE-2017-12453 CVE-2017-12454 CVE-2017-12455 CVE-2017-12456 CVE-2017-12457 CVE-2017-12458 CVE-2017-12459 CVE-2017-13710 CVE-2↗2017-08-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12448 CVE-2017-12449 CVE-2017-12450 CVE-2017-12451 CVE-2017-12452 CVE-2017-12453 CVE-2017-12454 CVE-2017-12455 CVE-2017-12456 CVE-2017-12457 CVE-2017-12458 CVE-2017-12459 CVE-2017-13710 CVE-2↗2017-08-21
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