CVE-2017-12449

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

1%p72

Published

Aug 4, 2017 (Aug 4, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.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 file.

Vendors: gnu
Products: binutils
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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