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Vulnerability details: VCID-jf11-brzq-fkah
Vulnerability ID VCID-jf11-brzq-fkah
Aliases CVE-2017-12459
Summary binutils: out of bounds heap write in bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.3
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12459.json
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00421 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00543 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00543 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
epss 0.00543 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
cvssv2 4.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12459.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12459
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12459
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1483583 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483583
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12459.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:P/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:N/S:U/C:L/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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.61948
EPSS Score 0.00421
Published At April 7, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:29:17.079842+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12459.json 38.0.0