What is CVE-2017-12459?

CVE-2017-12459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-12459?

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

Buffer overflow in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2017-12459

The bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function in bfd/mach-o.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 write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted mach-o file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th 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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12459?: CVE-2017-12459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-12459?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.