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Vulnerability details: VCID-b81c-x91t-aaaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-b81c-x91t-aaaa
Aliases CVE-2017-12458
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-12458.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12458
cvssv2 1.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12458
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generic_textual Low https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840
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Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-12458.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12458.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12458
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12458
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
1483602 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-12458 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12458
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-2017-12458.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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2017-12458
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-2017-12458
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 0.2822
EPSS Score 0.00122
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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