CVE-2017-12454

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

2%p73

Published

Aug 4, 2017 (Aug 4, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.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 arbitrary memory read via a crafted vms alpha 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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