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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368471
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12454  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Read. The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd 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 arbitrary memory read via a crafted vms alpha file.

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