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Vulnerability details: VCID-2v1f-u9w1-aaaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-2v1f-u9w1-aaaa
Aliases CVE-2017-12799
Summary The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480342
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cvssv2 3.2 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12799
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Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-12799.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12799.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12799
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12799
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21933
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100292
1480342 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480342
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-12799 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12799
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12799.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12799
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12799
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.19423
EPSS Score 0.00074
Published At March 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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