What is CVE-2017-12453?

CVE-2017-12453 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-2017-12453?

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

Is CVE-2017-12453 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-2017-12453

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.

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-2017-12453?: CVE-2017-12453 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-2017-12453?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12453 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.