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CVE-2017-12799

Date: August 10, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12799

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12799

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12799

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21933

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12799

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100292

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12799

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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