CVE-2017-12457

Updated: 2025-08-20 03:10:26.48311

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1638803819 2022-05-05 12:02:51
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released 2021-12-06 11:55:23
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1637770725 2021-11-24 13:55:18
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-11-02 21:02:48