High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-12448
CVE-2017-12448
Description
The bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a heap use after free and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted nested archive file. This issue occurs because incorrect functions are called during an attempt to release memory. The issue can be addressed by better input validation in the bfd_generic_archive_p function in bfd/archive.c.
Affected products
17- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.37-1.3+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.29.1-9.20.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
1- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
News mentions
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