What is CVE-2017-12451?

CVE-2017-12451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-12451?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-12451 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2017-12451

The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.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 stack read via a crafted COFF image file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12451?: CVE-2017-12451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-12451?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12451 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.