CVE-2017-12455
Published: 04 August 2017
The evax_bfd_print_emh function in 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 out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| 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)
|
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
|
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| 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=8bdf0be19d2777565a8b1c88347f65d6a4b8c5fc Other: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=796337aa8ba0aa0397c07c264f82fe8eb9fd46e0 (v2.29) |
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