CVE-2017-12451 is an out-of-bounds stack read vulnerability affecting the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library, specifically within GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted COFF image file. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact, including potential for high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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