CVE-2017-12455
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.33%Published: 8/4/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12455
Description
The evax_bfd_print_emh function in 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 read via a crafted vms alpha file.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.29-8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |