CVE-2017-12457 is a NULL dereference vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd), affecting GNU Binutils versions 2.29 and earlier. An attacker can trigger this flaw by providing a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service or potentially more severe impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to exploit, but could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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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