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CVE-2017-12458
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-08-04T15:29:00.700 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:03:20.417

Summary

The nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h 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 nlm file.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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