CVE-2017-12454
Published: 04 August 2017
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.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.29.1)
|
Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
|
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
|
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Patches: Other: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=ca4cf9b9c622a5695e01f7f5815a7382a31fcf51 |