CVE-2017-12458

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    CVE-2017-12458

    Published: 4 Aug 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
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    Affected versions

    binutils-2_29

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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