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CVE-2017-12454

Date: August 4, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21813
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12454
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12454
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12454
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12454
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12454

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

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