Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-9
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (34th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-524151
- published 4 Aug 2017
- disclosed 4 Aug 2017
Introduced: 4 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12453 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
binutils
to version 2.29-9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.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.