Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions [,2.29.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368408
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade binutils to version 2.29.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The alpha_vms_object_p function in bfd/vms-alpha.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 vms alpha file.

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