CVE-2017-12457

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 4, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-12457: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix