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CVE-2017-12449

Date: October 3, 2022

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12449
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12449
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12449
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12449
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12449

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3

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Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH
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