UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12448

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12448

    Published: 4 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12448
    Aliases:
    USN-4336-2

    Summary:

    Details: The bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.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 heap use after free and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted nested archive file. This issue occurs because incorrect functions are called during an attempt to release memory. The issue can be addressed by better input validation in the bfd_generic_archive_p function in bfd/archive.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12448, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21787, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12448

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
    2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High