Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-9
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.32% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-527364
- published 10 Aug 2017
- disclosed 10 Aug 2017
Introduced: 10 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12799 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 elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.