High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12453
CVE-2017-12453
Description
The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.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 products
18- 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
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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